Kiss the Boys Goodbye: How the United States Betrayed Its Own POWs in Vietnam

Monika Jensen-Stevenson, Eugene B. McDaniel, William Stevenson

McClelland & Stewart, 1999 - History - 500 pages

Although America's ill-fated involvement in Vietnam ended over 25 years ago, this explosive book argues convincingly that hundreds of American soldiers and airmen were left in captivity in Indochina, victims of their government's abuse of power and secrecy. First published in 1990, Kiss the Boys Goodbye has become the classic on the subject. This new edition now features an afterword, which fills in the latest news on the scandal of the men knowingly abandoned.

About the author

William Stevenson was born in London, England on June 1, 1924. During World War II, he was a pilot who flew for the British. After the war, he worked briefly for newspapers in England before moving to Canada in 1947 and becoming a foreign correspondent for The Toronto Star. By the 1960s, he was working for the Near and Far East News Group, a propaganda arm of the British government. He also helped produce documentaries for Canadian television and the BBC. He wrote several books including A Man Called Intrepid, 90 Minutes at Entebbe, Intrepid's Last Case, and Past to Present: A Reporter's Story of War, Spies, People, and Politics. He died on November 26, 2013 at the age of 89.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Kiss the Boys Goodbye: How the United States Betrayed Its Own POWs in Vietnam
• Authors: Monika Jensen-Stevenson, Eugene B. McDaniel, William Stevenson
• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart, 1999
• ISBN: 0771083289, 9780771083280
• Length: 500 pages
• Subjects: History / Military / General; History / United States / 20th Century; History / Wars & Conflicts / Vietnam War; Political Science / American Government / General