In Love and War: The Story of a Family's Ordeal and Sacarifice During the Vietnam Years [Import] [Paperback]

Jim;Stockdale, Sybil Stockdale (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 576 pages
• Publisher: Naval Inst Pr; Rev Upd edition (1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557507848
• ISBN-13: 978-1557507846
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #139,603 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Life That Is Lived Speaks, October 21, 2000

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Steve Smith (Patagonia, Arizona) - See all my reviews

This review is from: In Love and War: The Story of a Family's Ordeal and Sacarifice During the Vietnam Years (Paperback)

Without a doubt the Stockdale's should be considered a national treasure becuase of the lives they lived under arduous circumstances and horrific conditions. None of us will every fully know or much less comprehend the extent of the mutual sacrifice from both Admiral and Sybil Stockdale in service to one another, other POW/MIA families, and their country. If you want inspiration, then read their book. If you want to learn to rise above your circumstances, then read their book. If you want to move from self absorption, then read their book. If you want to understand and see commitment, sacrifice, loyalty, perseverance, tenacity of spirit, and an ability to rise above the chaos of life, then read their book. If you want a rich philosophy and ethic for life, then read their book. If after reading it you don't come away with a different outlook on life, then read it again . . . you must have been distracted. The book is a journey through their history, skewed governmental policies, personal endurance, and the value of having a personal philosophy of life.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The most moving book I have ever read., August 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: In Love and War: The Story of a Family's Ordeal and Sacarifice During the Vietnam Years (Paperback)

I have read this book twice, the original edition and the revised and updated edition (which includes his life following his homecoming). A true American hero, whose only blunder was the Vice Presidential debate, wherein he came across poorly (in my opinion, because he was out of his element). Admiral Stockdale relates his experiences as a Naval Aviator who was shot down, captured and tortured in the Hoa Lo prison. His wife, Sybil, relates in every other chapter what was going on in her life, and her involvement with her husband as a POW. She, too, deserves tremendous credit for her activities. I contrast this book with Admiral Jeremiah Dentons's book, "When Hell was in Session", which I feel is remarkably self serving.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding - A must Read, September 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: In Love and War: The Story of a Family's Ordeal and Sacarifice During the Vietnam Years (Paperback)

This book should be mandatory reading for history classes. Beautifully written from both perspectives of a POW and the family at home. A true American hero.