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The Men We Left Behind: Henry Kissinger, the Politics of Deceit and the Tragic Fate of Pows After the Vietnam War

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Deceived by the government, about the fate of its other lostsons. Now, the compelling story of the fate of POWs is revealed in horrifying detail in The Men We Left Behind. The Men We Left Behind reveals that it was neither peace, nor honor, but blackmail and dishonor.

The Men We Left Behind is the definitive expose of this despicable fraud. The book includes compelling personal stories of individual POWs who were caught behind enemy lines and Pentagon lies. The authors name these POWs and tell their tragic stories.

The Men We Left Behind reveals how the Senate POW Committee, chaired by Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, in an effort to rush theCommittee's investigation and open trade with Vietnam, covered up the true story and protected Henry Kissinger and other U.S. officials as they concealed the truth.

Confirmed by interviews with returned POWs, sources within the KGB, The Men We Left Behind is a shocking indictment of Henry Kissinger, Richard Nixon, the Department of Defense and the Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs.

I guess you have to be a Vietnam afficianado but this book hits a chord with me. I believe we left people behind and its sad. What we see now from our government makes you realize just how bad off we are these days and back in mine. Worth reading if you want to learn what goes in during times of war.

As of the date of publication, and for long thereafter, this was the best and most comprehensive book on the subject...

This 1993 book covers the POW/MIA issue from World War II through the Paris Peace Accords to the corruption in the 1991-1992 Senate Select POW/MIA committee. Sauter and Sanders expose the fraudulent POW/MIA "official" positions taken by the U.S. government.

The number of documented examples along with critical analysis puts this book way ahead of those books supported by the U.S. government. If you want to see solid documentation on the biggest scandal of the century then this book is a must read.

Rich Daly

Researcher and Member of the Board of Directors of the Minnesota League of POW/MIA Families and Minnesota Won't Forget POW/MIA

I was too young during the Vietnam war, but my heart goes out to those who served and were captured. Many were never seen or heard from again and this is very disheartening. As an American who served my country, I never imagined that they would not think these men were worth getting back. As Rambo said "I want what THEY want, for our country to love US as much as WE love IT." Pretty much says it all. I pray to God these men have passed on, rather than be forced into communist reeducation. Only God knows for sure. The writers have plenty of declassified info to back up their story, and there's NO reason not to get them back. It's the LEAST we can do for them.

Except for a fair amount of typos, printing errors and ghost entries in the idex ****a listing for Bo Gritz but nothing about him on the page listed*** this book was enjoyable, informative and easy to read.

The one thing that this book has in relation to others on the same subject is the extensive discussion of Vietnam POW's sent to Soviet Russia and elsewhere in communist world. It seemed that the weapons officers were more valued and sought after than the pilots, especially for aircraft such as the F-111. This book also asserts that the US gov't deliberately made a policy of leaving behind POW's after WWII and Korea as well as Vietnam, for the sake of superpower detente, with Herr Kissinger as the brainchild of this policy.

Also, although the authors did not say in so many words, there may have been downed pilots that had previously been trained in USAF procedures on how to deliver nuclear munitions ***other than ICBM's***. That, if true, is nothing but criminal on the part of the Pentagon and Congressional oversight for putting pilots like that over Hanoi etc to get blasted out of the sky, captured and then trundled off to East Bloc nations. It was bad not only for the nations nuclear secrets but for the pilots themselves (they would never be repatriated). I am sure the communists beat them like a drum until the pilots gave up the nuclear secrets.

In summary, a well recommended book.

This used book was in good condition considering its origin from a municipal library.Looking forward to the read after reading "Why Did'nt You Get Me Out!". Fast mailing during the Christmas holidays.

The issue of American servicemen who are missing in action in WW II, Korea, and Vietnam, continues to be plagued by books, articles, websites, and organizations that spread pseudo-history, misinformation, inaccuracies, and falsehoods. This book is one of the landmarks of that genre. Sauter and Sanders selectively quote from official records, cite unidentified sources, cite sources whose stories have been completely refuted, and generally weave a tale that, while it sounds convincing, is nonsense to the core. Co-author James Sanders' latest caper (in 1997) was to use his wife's connections to gain access to the wreckage of TWA flight 800 where he removed a piece of fabric from a seat. He claimed that the red substance on the fabric was missile fuel, proving that TWA 800 was shot down by a US missile. He has even published a book on the subject. TWA, the FBI, and the company who manufactured the seats have all pointed out that the substance is the adhesive used to attach the fabric to the seat cushion. "Men We Left Behind" is based on similar "scholarship." For example, to support their claims that thousands of US POWs were abandoned to the Soviets at the end of WW II, Sanders cites a message sent in April 1945 from a British commander in the Ukraine, reporting that approximately 14,000 Allied troops were under the control of a Soviet general. Because 14,000 Allied POWs were not repatriated from the Ukraine, Sanders concludes that these men were abandoned to the Soviet gulag. Sanders conveniently overlooks a follow-up message from the US National Archives in which the same British commander reports a few days later that his first message was in error. In fact, there were 14,000 Russian troops under Allied control. When I pointed out this fact to Sanders, he accused me of fabricating the second message. "The Men We Left Behind" is nonsense. Sadly, though, it perpetuates the pseudo-history that surrounds the MIA issue. For a serious look at this subject, read H. Bruce Franklin, "M.I.A.: Mythmaking in America," Susan Katz-Keating, "Prisoners of Hope," Malcolm McConnell, "Inside Hanoi's Secret Archives," and Paul Mather, "M.I.A.: Accounting for the Missing in Southeast Asia." All four of these books are available from Amazon.com.