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A perceptive analysis of the history of the Vietnam War POW/MIA issue. . . . Valuable. -- Publishers Weekly

Allen's first-rate analysis deals with an extremely important and much misunderstood and oversimplified subject, and it does so with authority, originality, subtlety, and nuance. It will become required reading for all students of the Vietnam War, changing the way in which the POW and MIA controversies are understood and interpreted. --Robert McMahon, Ohio State University

Allen masterfully traces the development of the POW/MIA movement, and possesses keen insight concerning the motives and behaviors of those who sought to make the issue theirs. . . . A very important contribution to POW/MIA studies. -- Journal of Military History

Allen masterfully traces the development of the POW/MIA movement, and possesses keen insight concerning the motives and behaviors of those who sought to make the issue theirs. . . . A very important contribution to POW/MIA studies.--Journal of Military History <p/>

A valuable, even unique, contribution to the field. . . . Skillfully written, very well researched, and wonderfully documented and presents a fair and balanced view of the issues. . . . Appropriate for all who seek to understand the Vietnam War in a full

Presents the full and lasting impact of the Vietnam War in ways that are both familiar and surprising.-- McCormick Messenger

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Michael J. Allen is assistant professor of history at Northwestern University.

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