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Until the last man comes home : POWs, MIAs, and the unending Vietnam War / Michael J. Allen.

By: Publication details: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2009.Description: 433 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780807832615 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 959.704/37 22
LOC classification:
  • DS559.4 .A44 2009
Contents:
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.

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.

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