Overview
This paperback edition of M.I.A. or Mythmaking in America adds major new material about Ross Perot's role, the 1991-1992 Senate investigation, and illegal operations authorized by Ronald Reagan. """"An important and compelling book. . . . Franklin raises and answers all of the hardest questions about an enduring piece of political mythology.""--The Philadelphia Inquirer """"A calm and thoughtful book on a firestorm of a subject. . . . Intelligent, provocative, and courageous.""--Kirkus Reviews
Full Product Details
Author: H. Bruce Franklin
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Edition: Enlarged edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.367kg
ISBN: 9780813520018
ISBN 10: 0813520010
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 01 September 1993
Recommended Age: From 18 to 99 years
Audience:
General/trade
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
An important and compelling book.... Franklin raises and answers all of the hardest questions about an enduring piece of political mythology. -- The Philadelphia Inquirer Finally, someone has put the Vietnam legacy of alleged MIA survival in its wider political and cultural setting.... A powerful confirmation of the cruelly irresponsible forces that are at work in our country at the highest levels of government.... A gripping account of subversion from above, a book that should be read by all Americans. --Richard Falk, Milbank Professor of International Law Franklin's startling and meticulously researched account of the inner history of the POW/MIA issue transforms our understanding of how the Vietnam War ended and how it continues. Every historian of the period... will need to read and contemplate its conclusions. --Marilyn B. Young A major critical study on one of the central public myths of our time. It uncovers the political sources and historical development of a national cult of grievance, whose persistence distorts our understanding of the Vietnam War and our responses to current issues in foreign affairs.... An important contribution. --Richard Slotkin, Olin Professor of English and American Studies, Wesleyan University Mr. Franklin's meticulously researched book... casts strong light on the Indochina war's ghostly and ghastly afterlife. --Todd Gitlin The New York Times Book Review
A major critical study on one of the central public myths of our time. It uncovers the political sources and historical development of a national cult of grievance, whose persistence distorts our understanding of the Vietnam War and our responses to current issues in foreign affairs.... An important contribution. --Richard Slotkin, Olin Professor of English and American Studies, Wesleyan University An important and compelling book.... Franklin raises and answers all of the hardest questions about an enduring piece of political mythology. --Richard Falk, Milbank Professor of International Law The Philadelphia Inquirer Finally, someone has put the Vietnam legacy of alleged MIA survival in its wider political and cultural setting.... A powerful confirmation of the cruelly irresponsible forces that are at work in our country at the highest levels of government.... A gripping account of subversion from above, a book that should be read by all Americans. --Richard Falk, Milbank Professor of International Law The New York Times Book Review Franklin's startling and meticulously researched account of the inner history of the POW/MIA issue transforms our understanding of how the Vietnam War ended and how it continues. Every historian of the period... will need to read and contemplate its conclusions. --Marilyn B. Young The Philadelphia Inquirer Mr. Franklin's meticulously researched book... casts strong light on the Indochina war's ghostly and ghastly afterlife. --Todd Gitlin The New York Times Book Review
Author Information
H. BRUCE FRANKLIN is the John Cotton Dana Professor of English and American Studies at Rutgers University in Newark and is the author of War Stars: The Superweapon and the American Imagination and many other books.
