9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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The plot for Mel Gibson's next movie, November 8, 2000
By A Customer
This review is from: Perestroika Sunset (Library Binding)
A book about prisoners of war is usually regarded as a man's book; however, this is a woman's book, too. For men, there is the grittiness of the Vietnam war - the dirt, heat, fear - I felt as if I were with those men in Vietnam before, during and after they were captured! For the women, there is the identification with the heroine, Gay, a college professor and Olymipic gold medalist, who searches untiringly for her father. We can also identify with the women who were the mothers, wives, daughters and sweethearts of those lost in Vietnam; their unrequited love, their years of frustration working with stonewalling government bureaucrats and politicians, and their feeling that they have been lied to all along.
Alan Stang brilliantly weaves a story from threads of duty, honor, country, love, and history with those of political deception, treachery, and villianry. Perestroika Sunset brings out many of the reasons why America became involved in the Vietnam War and why it was never resolved.
I never mark a book while reading it; however, my copy of Perestroika Sunset is heavily marked in the margins with notes, key phrases, and Alan's clever turns of phrases.
Perestroika Sunset alternately made me cry, laugh and be outraged over the government's lack of regard for our servicemen and their families. I was on the edge of my seat and cheered when the villians received their just reward.
Perestroika Sunset will stay on my list of all-time favorites. In fact, I have purchased several copies already and given them to friends.
For those who liked Mel Gibson in "Braveheart" and "The Patriot", you will agree with me that "Perestroika Sunset" should be his next movie.
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What's the REAL Vietnam POW/MIA story?, November 1, 2001
This review is from: Perestroika Sunset (Library Binding)
Alan Stang delivers a scathing denouncement of the United States Government and its part in the MIA/POW cover-up and related issues during the Vietnam war and the Communist plot to block efforts to search for these men. We have already heard rumors that such a plot existed, and at least one politician in this story has to be based on a real person. Read the book, you'll recognize him. I came away with a whole new perspective of our involvement in Vietnam.
This was a very difficult book to read because of the subject matter and the psychological issues, but I couldn't put it down. Alan Stang takes us relentlessly to the surprising conclusion. The story is about the men who were missing in action, but also about the women who waited at home and their years of frustration, and knowing that they have been the victims of lies. Gay Fawkes is the daughter of the main character, Jason Fawkes. She's a college professor and Olympic gold medalist who lost her father at the age of eleven. This is the story of her heroic search for the father who was a prisoner of the VietCong for twenty-two years.
The battle scenes are realistic and bloody. The revenge scenes will have you cheering out loud. Stang's craftsmanship and storytelling is awsome. The characters are well developed; you'll feel their disappointments and pain. Stang has written ten books, mostly non-fiction dealing with scams and cover-ups. He's an author to watch for.
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Perestroika Sunset, October 3, 2000
This review is from: Perestroika Sunset (Library Binding)
"Perestroika Sunset" is a godsend for our beloved Country. This book will reinvigorate the patriotic devotion Americans hold for our soldiers and especially those who were left behind as Prisoners Of War or those listed as Missing In Action. Alan Stang presents a facinating drama of a woman's unrelenting and life long quest to free her Marine father from his North Vietnamese captors. Intertwined in the story line are powerful history lessons that I pray my countrymen will learn. When learning how cruelly our fighting men are treated and how the "leaders" of America betray and abandon them, one becomes flush with anger and shame and wonders what has become of the land of the free and the home of the brave. The book is so realistic that I wanted to go and help liberate these courageous soldiers. There are a lot of exciting twists and turns and the reader remains enthralled with the action in this book. The probability that some of our men are still being held and are undergoing torture is gut wrenching. My prayer is that "Perestroika Sunset" is read and discussed by freedom loving patriots all around the world. May God bless Alan Stang for this wonderful work!
Bernard J. Kunkel
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