TY - BOOK AU - Allen,Michael J. TI - Until the last man comes home: POWs, MIAs, and the unending Vietnam War SN - 9780807832615 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - DS559.4 .A44 2009 U1 - 959.704/37 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Chapel Hill PB - University of North Carolina Press KW - Vietnam War, 1961-1975 KW - Prisoners and prisons, North Vietnamese KW - Prisoners of war KW - United States KW - Political activists KW - Missing in action KW - Influence KW - Political aspects KW - Relations KW - Vietnam KW - Politics and government KW - 1945-1989 KW - 1989- N1 - 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 ER -