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AIIPOWMIAI The Historical Office of the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) has
published the first comprehensive, documented history of the captivity of
Americans in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. The book is entitled
"Honor Bound: The History of American Prisoners of War in Southeast Asia,
1961-1963" and comes 25 years after Operation Homecoming. The 700-page volume
combines scholarly analysis with narrative to record in detail the experience
of American prisoners in North and South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
"Honor Bound" was researched and written by Deputy OSD Historian Stuart
Rochester and Air Force Academy professor and POW expert Frederick Kiley. The
authors trace the capture and movement of U. S. Servicemen and civilians
through jungles and jails from the Mekong Delta to Hanoi and west and north
into Cambodia, Laos, and China. They address a wide range of subjects from the
physical ordeal of torture and deprivation to the psychological challenges of
indoctrination, exploitation for propaganda purposes, and mere coping and
passing time under the most adverse circumstances.
The book is the first to examine in depth the differences between confinement
in North and South Vietnam, successes and failures within the POW
organization, and the relationship of the prisoners’ treatment and conditions
to evolving military, political, and diplomatic events. This tome has
extensive documentation and bibliography, and more than 200 illustrations,
including photos, maps, and prison camp diagrams.
Copies of the book may be obtained for $46, including shipping and handling,
from the Superintendent of Documents, P. O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, Pa.
15250-7954; the order number is 008-000-00734-9. To order by phone, call (202)
512-1800; fax, (202) 512-2250.
Advocacy And Intelligence Index
For Prisoners Of War/Missing In Action, Inc.
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