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-