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A significant and thought-provoking work that presents a 'narrative truth' that has validity in what Doyle calls a 'world literature' of prison camp experience. --American Studies It is a major achievement to impose structure and analysis on such a diverse body of material. This is a significant contribution to the study of the relationships among war, society, and the individual. --Journal of American History An absorbing study of the commonality of POW narratives over the ast 300 years of American history, and very useful to those who want to expand their understanding of the POW experience. --Armor A worthwhile read that goes a long way toward explaining the hold that captivity narratives have had on the American public. --Military History of the West This book examines, with a gift for both analysis and narrative, how the American POW experience, over three hundred years from the first settlers to Vietnam, was perceived and what being a prisoner of war was really like. Yet it is also more than that, in showing how individuals have sought personal meaning in catastrophic experience and borne witness to it in telling their stories. --Stanley Weintraub, author of Long Day's Journey into War A stunning work filled with fresh and distinctive interpretations. It should be of interest to a very broad readership. --Gordon O. Taylor, author of Chapters of Experience: Studies in American Autobiography

This book examines, with a gift for both analysis and narrative, how the American POW experience, over three hundred years from the first settlers to Vietnam, was perceived and what being a prisoner of war was really like. Yet it is also more than that, in showing how individuals have sought personal meaning in catastrophic experience and borne witness to it in telling their stories.--Stanley Weintraub, author of Long Day's Journey into WarA stunning work filled with fresh and distinctive interpretations. It should be of interest to a very broad readership.--Gordon O. Taylor, author of Chapters of Experience: Studies in American Autobiography A significant and thought-provoking work that presents a 'narrative truth' that has validity in what Doyle calls a 'world literature' of prison camp experience.--American StudiesIt is a major achievement to impose structure and analysis on such a diverse body of material. This is a significant contribution to the study of the relationships among war, society, and the individual.--Journal of American History An absorbing study of the commonality of POW narratives over the ast 300 years of American history, and very useful to those who want to expand their understanding of the POW experience.--Armor A worthwhile read that goes a long way toward explaining the hold that captivity narratives have had on the American public.--Military History of the West

This book examines, with a gift for both analysis and narrative, how the American POW experience, over three hundred years from the first settlers to Vietnam, was perceived and what being a prisoner of war was really like. Yet it is also more than that, in showing how individuals have sought personal meaning in catastrophic experience and borne witness to it in telling their stories. --<b>Stanley Weintraub</b>, author of <i>Long Day's Journey into War</i> A stunning work filled with fresh and distinctive interpretations. It should be of interest to a very broad readership. --<b>Gordon O. Taylor</b>, author of <i>Chapters of Experience: Studies in American Autobiography</i>

This book examines, with a gift for both analysis and narrative, how the American POW experience, over three hundred years from the first settlers to Vietnam, was perceived and what being a prisoner of war was really like. Yet it is also more than that, in showing how individuals have sought personal meaning in catastrophic experience and borne witness to it in telling their stories. --Stanley Weintraub, author of Long Day's Journey into War A stunning work filled with fresh and distinctive interpretations. It should be of interest to a very broad readership. --Gordon O. Taylor, author of Chapters of Experience: Studies in American Autobiography A significant and thought-provoking work that presents a 'narrative truth' that has validity in what Doyle calls a 'world literature' of prison camp experience. --American Studies It is a major achievement to impose structure and analysis on such a diverse body of material. This is a significant contribution to the study of the relationships among war, society, and the individual. --Journal of American History An absorbing study of the commonality of POW narratives over the ast 300 years of American history, and very useful to those who want to expand their understanding of the POW experience. --Armor A worthwhile read that goes a long way toward explaining the hold that captivity narratives have had on the American public. --Military History of the West

-This book examines, with a gift for both analysis and narrative, how the American POW experience, over three hundred years from the first settlers to Vietnam, was perceived and what being a prisoner of war was really like. Yet it is also more than that, in showing how individuals have sought personal meaning in catastrophic experience and borne witness to it in telling their stories.---Stanley Weintraub, author of Long Day's Journey into War -A stunning work filled with fresh and distinctive interpretations. It should be of interest to a very broad readership.---Gordon O. Taylor, author of Chapters of Experience: Studies in American Autobiography

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