Until the Last Man Comes Home: POWs, MIAs, and the Unending Vietnam War

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Univ of North Carolina Press, 2009 - History - 433 pages
Fewer Americans were captured or missing during the Vietnam War than in any major military conflict in U.S. history to that time. Yet despite their small numbers, American POWs inspired an outpouring of concern that slowly eroded support for the war. Mich
 

Contents

INTRODUCATION The Politics of Loss
1
The Construction of Loss
13
The Limits of Homecoming
63
A Short History of Oblivion
101
The Persistence of the Past
137
Life after Death
179
Resurrection and Retribution
215
The Ambiguity of Recovery
250
CONCLUSION This Thing Has Consumed American Politics for Years
291
Notes
307
Bibliography
353
Acknowledgments
2001
Index
2003
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Michael J. Allen is associate professor of history at Northwestern University.

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