The League of Wives : the untold story of the women who took on the U.S. Government to bring their husbands home
Lee, Heath Hardage2019
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On 12 February, 1973, 116 men who, just six years earlier, had been high flying Navy and Air Force pilots, shuffled, limped, or were carried off a huge military transport plane at Clark Air Base in the Philippines. These American servicemen had endured years of brutal torture, kept shackled and starving in solitary confinement, in rat-infested, mosquito-laden prisons. Months later, the first Vietnam POWs to return home would learn that their rescuers were their wives. These women, who formed The National League of Families, had become the POW and MIAs most fervent advocates, going to extraordinary lengths to facilitate their husbands' freedom - and to account for missing military men - by relentlessly lobbying government leaders, conducting a savvy media campaign, conducting covert meetings with antiwar activists, and helping to code secret letters to their imprisoned husbands. This is their story.
Main title:
Author:
Lee, Heath Hardage, author
Imprint:
London : Constable, 2019.
Collation:
322 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781472131782 (hbk)
Dewey class:
959.70437959.7043959.7
LC class:
DS559.4
Language:
English
Subject:
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Prisoners and prisons, North VietnameseMilitary spouses -- United States -- BiographyFamilies of military personnel -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryPrisoners of war -- Vietnam -- BiographyPrisoners of war -- United States -- BiographyAir pilots, Military -- United States -- BiographyUnited States -- Politics and government -- 1969-1974Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United StatesBiographyUnited States -- Politics and government -- 1969-1974
BRN:
2452297
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