Until the last man comes home : POWs, MIAs, and the unending Vietnam War /
Allen, Michael J. 1974-
Until the last man comes home : POWs, MIAs, and the unending Vietnam War / Michael J. Allen. - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2009. - 433 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: The politics of loss -- Go public : the construction of loss -- For us the war still goes on : the limits of homecoming -- As it has in the past : a short history of oblivion -- Fullest possible accounting : the persistence of the past -- The wilderness years : life after death -- Highest national priority : resurrection and retribution -- Not to close the door, but to open it : the ambiguity of recovery -- Conclusion: This thing has consumed American politics for years.
9780807832615 (cloth : alk. paper)
2009002894
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Prisoners and prisons, North Vietnamese.
Prisoners of war--United States.
Political activists--United States.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Missing in action--United States.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Influence.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Political aspects.
United States--Relations--Vietnam.
Vietnam--Relations--United States.
United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
United States--Politics and government--1989-
DS559.4 / .A44 2009
959.704/37
Until the last man comes home : POWs, MIAs, and the unending Vietnam War / Michael J. Allen. - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2009. - 433 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: The politics of loss -- Go public : the construction of loss -- For us the war still goes on : the limits of homecoming -- As it has in the past : a short history of oblivion -- Fullest possible accounting : the persistence of the past -- The wilderness years : life after death -- Highest national priority : resurrection and retribution -- Not to close the door, but to open it : the ambiguity of recovery -- Conclusion: This thing has consumed American politics for years.
9780807832615 (cloth : alk. paper)
2009002894
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Prisoners and prisons, North Vietnamese.
Prisoners of war--United States.
Political activists--United States.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Missing in action--United States.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Influence.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Political aspects.
United States--Relations--Vietnam.
Vietnam--Relations--United States.
United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
United States--Politics and government--1989-
DS559.4 / .A44 2009
959.704/37