A unique American chronicle of a navy family's life during the Vietnam war years, this widely acclaimed memoir has been updated to include an outspoken account of the Stockdale's experiences in the seventeen years since Jim's release from a Hanoi prison.
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True American Hero on Vietnam and his country,
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This review is from: In Love and War: The Story of a Family's Ordeal and Sacrifice During the Vietnam Years (Hardcover)
Remember James Stockdale running for Vice President in the early 90's under the third party? He was perhaps the candidate with the greatest personal integrity in ages.This book is just as genuine and is a vivid examination of what it's like to be a POW in brutal captivity for years. The book also has his reflections on the present-day U.S.. Here, he is refreshing, and can be brutally candid on such institutions as the South's best-known anachronistic walled military place. Mostly though, it's the love story between what he and his wife have been though these years. No candy coating: A rare American hero with the straight story.
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This review is from: In Love and War: The Story of a Family's Ordeal and Sacrifice During the Vietnam Years (Hardcover)
The BEST book I have ever read. His recount of what he went through is outstanding. I cannot believe the personal, physical, emotional and spiritual strength it took to endure 8 years as a prisoner of War... and the ways in which he communicated with other POW's, his wife and the US government is unbelievable... brilliant. I read this book 2 years ago and gave it to a friend who gave it to another couple friends cross country... eventually I got it back and gave it to my brother who gave it to his buddy... I think either my dad or my uncle has it now. The best book I have read. I reccommend it to anyone. and I can't wait to read it again.
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Gripping and Tender,
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This review is from: In Love and War: The Story of a Family's Ordeal and Sacrifice During the Vietnam Years (Hardcover)
The late Vice Admiral Jim Stockdale was the highest ranking POW to return from captivity in North Vietnam. His wife Sybil kept the family focused and hope alive all throughout his long imprisonment.
They present alternating chapters that chronicle their personal challenges which are a microcosm of the nation's challenges at that time. This should be required reading for all Americans. For more on the plight of the families of those who were MIA in Vietnam, read Louis Stockstill's epoch-making article: "The Forgotten Americans of the Vietnam War" By Louis R. Stockstill, at: http://www.afa.org/magazine/perspectives/Vietnam/1069vietnam.asp
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