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- Topic
- Asia / Southeast Asia, United States / 20th Century, Military / General, Military / Vietnam War, Political Process / Political Advocacy, International Relations / General, American Government / General
- ISBN
- 9780807872727
- Book Title
- Until the Last Man Comes Home : Pows, Mias, and the Unending Vietnam War
- Item Length
- 9.2in
- Publisher
- University of North Carolina Press
- Publication Year
- 2012
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1in
- Features
- New Edition
- Genre
- History, Political Science
- Item Width
- 6.1in
- Item Weight
- 4 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 448 Pages
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Fewer Americans were captured or missing during the Vietnam War than in any previous major military conflict in U.S. history. Yet despite their small numbers, American POWs inspired an outpouring of concern that slowly eroded support for the war. Michael J. Allen reveals how wartime loss transformed U.S. politics well before, and long after, the war's official end.Throughout the war's last years and in the decades since, Allen argues, the effort to recover lost warriors was as much a means to establish responsibility for their loss as it was a search for answers about their fate. Though millions of Americans and Vietnamese took part in that effort, POW and MIA families and activists dominated it. Insisting that the war was not over "until the last man comes home," this small, determined group turned the unprecedented accounting effort against those they blamed for their suffering. Allen demonstrates that POW/MIA activism prolonged the hostility between the United States and Vietnam even as the search for the missing became the basis for closer ties between the two countries in the 1990s. Equally important, he explains, POW/MIA families' disdain for the antiwar left and contempt for federal authority fueled the conservative ascendancy after 1968. Mixing political, cultural, and diplomatic history, Until the Last Man Comes Home presents the full and lasting impact of the Vietnam War in ways that are both familiar and surprising.
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Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
ISBN-10
0807872725
ISBN-13
9780807872727
eBay Product ID (ePID)
117333463
Product Key Features
Book Title
Until the Last Man Comes Home : Pows, Mias, and the Unending Vietnam War
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
New Edition
Topic
Asia / Southeast Asia, United States / 20th Century, Military / General, Military / Vietnam War, Political Process / Political Advocacy, International Relations / General, American Government / General
Publication Year
2012
Genre
History, Political Science
Number of Pages
448 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ds559.4.A44 2009
Edition Description
New Edition
Reviews
Allen masterfully traces the development of the POW/MIA movement, and possesses keen insight concerning the motives and behaviors of those who sought to make the issue theirs. . . . A very important contribution to POW/MIA studies.-- Journal of Military History, Michael J. Allen . . . has completely changed the way we should think about the politics surrounding America's prisoners of war and soldiers missing in action (POW/MIA) from the Vietnam conflict. . . . Based on extensive research and superbly written, Allen's book will become the standard on the cultural politics of the POW/MIA issue.-- Journal of American History, "A must-read for historians, sociologists, and policy makers interested in American political culture today....His rooting of early twenty-first-century political and ideological themes in the loss of the war in Vietnam assures his book a place of prominence on the reading lists of academic and public intellectuals and students at all levels." -- The American Historical Review, "Michael J. Allen . . . has completely changed the way we should think about the politics surrounding America's prisoners of war and soldiers missing in action (POW/MIA) from the Vietnam conflict. . . . Based on extensive research and superbly written, Allen's book will become the standard on the cultural politics of the POW/MIA issue."-- Journal of American History, A valuable, even unique, contribution to the field. . . . Skillfully written, very well researched, and wonderfully documented and presents a fair and balanced view of the issues. . . . Appropriate for all who seek to understand the Vietnam War in a full|9780807872727|, "Present[s] an enormously complex phenomenon in terms accessible to the lay reader. . . . Provide[s] a richly detailed account that will be of immense value to other scholars interested in the subject. . . . Truly insightful analysis . . . an unqualified success."-- Journal of the Review of Politics, "A perceptive analysis of the history of the Vietnam War POW/MIA issue. . . . Valuable."-- Publishers Weekly, Presents the full and lasting impact of the Vietnam War in ways that are both familiar and surprising.-- McCormick Messenger, "Michael Allen's rich and beautifully written book becomes the new starting point for understanding Vietnam era POW/MIA politics and their centrality to American history over the last four decades. It is a splendid achievement and will serve as a model for the study of the cultural politics of war and memory in the twentieth century."--Mark Bradley, The University of Chicago, Allen does an excellent job chonicling the history of the Vietnam War POW/MIA movement. . . . [A] valuable look at what he accurately calls a 'strange' story.-- Vietnam Veterans of America Magazine, Beautifully written and exhaustively researched, the book seamlessly weaves together diplomatic, political, and cultural history,-- The Sixties, "Beautifully written and exhaustively researched, the book seamlessly weaves together diplomatic, political, and cultural history,"-- The Sixties, "Allen's extremely well researched book outlines previous measures nations have taken to exchange POW's and bury the dead."--Newsvine, "Allen masterfully traces the development of the POW/MIA movement, and possesses keen insight concerning the motives and behaviors of those who sought to make the issue theirs. . . . A very important contribution to POW/MIA studies."-- Journal of Military History, "Wonderfully insightful and thoughtful. . . . By unraveling and revealing the various strands of memory created since the late 1960s by the U.S. government, POW/MIA activists, special-interest grops, political parties, and the Vietnamese, Allen clearly establishes his main theme."-- Proceedings, "Allen masterfully traces the development of the POW/MIA movement, and possesses keen insight concerning the motives and behaviors of those who sought to make the issue theirs. . . . A very important contribution to POW/MIA studies."-- Journal of Milita, Wonderfully insightful and thoughtful. . . . By unraveling and revealing the various strands of memory created since the late 1960s by the U.S. government, POW/MIA activists, special-interest grops, political parties, and the Vietnamese, Allen clearly establishes his main theme.-- Proceedings, "Michael Allen's rich and beautifully written book becomes the new starting point for understanding Vietnam era POW/MIA politics and their centrality to American history over the last four decades. It is a splendid achievement and will serve as a model for the study of the cultural politics of war and memory in the twentieth century." -- Mark Bradley, The University of Chicago, Indispensable reading to anyone interested in the political and cultural history of the Vietnam War. . . . A fascinating case study.-- The Sixties, A perceptive analysis of the history of the Vietnam War POW/MIA issue. . . . Valuable.-- Publishers Weekly, Michael J. Allen has written the best book to date on the impact of the Vietnam War POW/MIA issue on American diplomacy, domestic politics, and national culture.-- Diplomatic History, "A fascinating examination of a long and painful chapter of American history." -- General (Ret.) Wesley K. Clark, Michael J. Allen . . . has completely changed the way we should think about the politics surrounding America's prisoners of war and soldiers missing in action (POW/MIA) from the Vietnam conflict. . . . Based on extensive research and superbly written, Al|9780807872727|, "Presents the full and lasting impact of the Vietnam War in ways that are both familiar and surprising."-- McCormick Messenger, "Michael Allen offers a compelling and nuanced analysis of a difficult topic, combining archival rigor with a true sensitivity to the tangled emotions of Americans in the years following the nation's loss in Vietnam."--Beth Bailey, author of America's Army: Making the All-Volunteer Force, Wonderfully insightful and thoughtful. . . . By unraveling and revealing the various strands of memory created since the late 1960s by the U.S. government, POW/MIA activists, special-interest grops, political parties, and the Vietnamese, Allen clearly es|9780807872727|, This complex book . . . develops a critical history of the National League of Families of POWs and MIAs. . . . Highly recommended.-- Choice, Allen's monograph gives us a companion piece for the many studies we already have of 1960s-era antiwar organizations. His rooting of early twenty-first-century political and ideological themes in the loss of the war in Vietnam assures his book a place of prominence on the reading lists of academic and public intellectuals and students at all levels.-- American Historical Review, Allen's monograph gives us a companion piece for the many studies we already have of 1960s-era antiwar organizations. His rooting of early twenty-first-century political and ideological themes in the loss of the war in Vietnam assures his book a place of|9780807872727|, "A fascinating examination of a long and painful chapter of American history."--General (Ret.) Wesley K. Clark, "Allen does an excellent job chonicling the history of the Vietnam War POW/MIA movement. . . . [A] valuable look at what he accurately calls a 'strange' story."-- Vietnam Veterans of America Magazine, A valuable, even unique, contribution to the field. . . . Skillfully written, very well researched, and wonderfully documented and presents a fair and balanced view of the issues. . . . Appropriate for all who seek to understand the Vietnam War in a fuller context.-- Library Journal, "Allen's first-rate analysis deals with an extremely important and much misunderstood and oversimplified subject, and it does so with authority, originality, subtlety, and nuance. It will become required reading for all students of the Vietnam War, changing the way in which the POW and MIA controversies are understood and interpreted."--Robert McMahon, Ohio State University, "This complex book . . . develops a critical history of the National League of Families of POWs and MIAs. . . . Highly recommended."-- Choice, Allen's extremely well researched book outlines previous measures nations have taken to exchange POW's and bury the dead.--Newsvine, A must-read for historians, sociologists, and policy makers interested in American political culture today....His rooting of early twenty-first-century political and ideological themes in the loss of the war in Vietnam assures his book a place of prominence on the reading lists of academic and public intellectuals and students at all levels." -- The American Historical Review, "Indispensable reading to anyone interested in the political and cultural history of the Vietnam War. . . . A fascinating case study."-- The Sixties, "Michael J. Allen has written the best book to date on the impact of the Vietnam War POW/MIA issue on American diplomacy, domestic politics, and national culture."-- Diplomatic History, Present[s] an enormously complex phenomenon in terms accessible to the lay reader. . . . Provide[s] a richly detailed account that will be of immense value to other scholars interested in the subject. . . . Truly insightful analysis . . . an unqualified|9780807872727|, "Allen's first-rate analysis deals with an extremely important and much misunderstood and oversimplified subject, and it does so with authority, originality, subtlety, and nuance. It will become required reading for all students of the Vietnam War, changing the way in which the POW and MIA controversies are understood and interpreted." — Robert McMahon, Ohio State University, Present[s] an enormously complex phenomenon in terms accessible to the lay reader. . . . Provide[s] a richly detailed account that will be of immense value to other scholars interested in the subject. . . . Truly insightful analysis . . . an unqualified success.-- Journal of the Review of Politics, "A valuable, even unique, contribution to the field. . . . Skillfully written, very well researched, and wonderfully documented and presents a fair and balanced view of the issues. . . . Appropriate for all who seek to understand the Vietnam War in a fuller context."-- Library Journal, "Allen's monograph gives us a companion piece for the many studies we already have of 1960s-era antiwar organizations. His rooting of early twenty-first-century political and ideological themes in the loss of the war in Vietnam assures his book a place of prominence on the reading lists of academic and public intellectuals and students at all levels."-- American Historical Review
Copyright Date
2012
Dewey Decimal
959.704/37
Intended Audience
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Dewey Edition
22
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Yes
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