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The battle behind the wire
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Cheryl Benard |
Although prisoner of war and detainee operations ultimately tend to become quite extensive, military planners and policymakers have repeatedly treated such operations as an afterthought. In reality, … |
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In love and war
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Jim Stockdale,Sybil Stockdale,James B. Stockdale |
"This is the true story of Jim Stockdale, a navy fighter pilot shot down and taken prisoner during the Vietnam War; and his wife, Sybil, who, back home in California, carried on a valiant fight on be… |
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The First Marine Captured in Vietnam
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Donald L. Price |
"This is the first book-length biography of Colonel Donald G. Cook. With background information on Cook's life and prewar career, it concentrates especially on his three years in captivity, and is th… |
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American Patriot
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Robert Coram |
During the course of his military career, Bud Day won every available combat medal, escaped death on no less than seven occasions, and spent 67 months as a POW in the infamous Hanoi Hilton, along wit… |
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Glory Denied
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Tom Philpott |
"He had dreamed as a youngster during World War II of being a military man. Marrying shortly after high school, he was drafted by the army in 1956 and sent to a faraway land called Vietnam in 1963, a… |
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Faith of my fathers
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Mark Salter John Mccain,John McCain,Mark Salter,John Mccain,John McCain |
John McCain is one of the most admired leaders in the United States government, but his deeply felt memoir of family and war is not a political one and ends before his election to Congress. With cand… |
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