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• catalog abstract "Almost two decades after the Vietnam War, most Americans remain convinced that U.S. prisoners are still being held captive in Southeast Asia, and many even accuse the government of concealing their existence. But as H. Bruce Franklin demonstrates in his startling investigation, there is no plausible basis for the belief in live POWs. Through scrupulous research, he shows for the first time how this illusion was fabricated and then converted into a powerful myth. Franklin reveals that in 1969 the Nixon administration, aided by militant pro-war forces, manufactured the POW/MIA issue to deflect attention from American atrocities in Vietnam, to undermine the burgeoning anti-war movement, and to stymie the Paris peace talks, resulting in the prolongation of the Vietnam War for another four years. Successive administrations, in an effort to mobilize public support for their continued economic and political warfare against Vietnam, asserted the possibility of live POWs at great emotional cost to both family members of the missing and countless Americans distressed about the fate of those supposedly left behind in Indochina. Born of political expediency, the POW/MIA issue was transformed in the 1980s into a potent myth. American culture was transfigured as movies and novels designed to reimage the Vietnam War turned the imagined post-war POWs into crucial symbols of betrayed American manhood and honor. Finally the myth began to turn against its creators when many Americans became convinced that the government itself was conspiring to betray the missing men. As he traces the evolution of the POW/MIA myth, Franklin not only exposes it as an elaborate hoax at the highest levels of government, but also explains why the myth has penetrated to the heart of American life. By confronting the "true tragedy of the missing in Vietnam," Franklin helps us to understand how to heal the terrible psychological and spiritual wounds of the Vietnam War.".
• catalog alternative "M.I.A.".
• catalog alternative "MIA, or, Mythmaking in America.".
• catalog alternative "Mythmaking in America.".
• catalog contributor b3515745.
• catalog created "c1992.".
• catalog date "1992".
• catalog date "c1992.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1992.".
• catalog description "1. Prisoners of Myth. A National Religion? But Are There Live POWs? Counting the Unaccounted For. What Does "POW/MIA" Mean? Full Accounting and Live POWs. Prisoners or Deserters? The French Experience. "Discrepancies" Government Conspiracy -- 2. Prisoners of the War. The Matrix of the POW/MIA Issue. The "Go Public" Campaign. Enter VIVA and the Bracelets. Four More Years of War for the POW/MIAs. Peace for the POWs. Counting on Discrepancies. The POWs in War and Peace -- 3. The Missing of Peace. War Remains. VIVA and the National League of Families Continue the War. The Pentagon's New Math. The Case of the Disappearing POWs. The Multiplication of the POWs. What Did Happen to the Missing Men? Cambodia. Laos. Vietnam: Or What the Garwood Case Really Shows. "Live Sightings" Why? Reparations and POWs -- 4. Mythmaking in America. Crucifixion and Resurrection. Hollywood Heroes I: Bo Gritz and Ronald Reagan. Hollywood Heroes II: Gene Hackman and Chuck Norris. Hollywood Heroes III: Rambo. The Plots Thicken -- 5. Still Missing. Recovery. A Story of the Missing and the Missing Story -- "Pow/Mia" / W.D. Ehrhart -- Appendix A: From the Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Viet-Nam, Signed in Paris, January 27, 1973 -- Appendix B: The Secret Nixon Letter.".
• catalog description "Almost two decades after the Vietnam War, most Americans remain convinced that U.S. prisoners are still being held captive in Southeast Asia, and many even accuse the government of concealing their existence. But as H. Bruce Franklin demonstrates in his startling investigation, there is no plausible basis for the belief in live POWs. Through scrupulous research, he shows for the first time how this illusion was fabricated and then converted into a powerful myth. Franklin reveals that in 1969 the Nixon administration, aided by militant pro-war forces, manufactured the POW/MIA issue to deflect attention from American atrocities in Vietnam, to undermine the burgeoning anti-war movement, and to stymie the Paris peace talks, resulting in the prolongation of the Vietnam War for another four years. Successive administrations, in an effort to mobilize public support for their continued economic and political warfare against Vietnam, asserted the possibility of live POWs at great emotional cost to both family members of the missing and countless Americans distressed about the fate of those supposedly left behind in Indochina. Born of political expediency, the POW/MIA issue was transformed in the 1980s into a potent myth. American culture was transfigured as movies and novels designed to reimage the Vietnam War turned the imagined post-war POWs into crucial symbols of betrayed American manhood and honor. Finally the myth began to turn against its creators when many Americans became convinced that the government itself was conspiring to betray the missing men. As he traces the evolution of the POW/MIA myth, Franklin not only exposes it as an elaborate hoax at the highest levels of government, but also explains why the myth has penetrated to the heart of American life. By confronting the "true tragedy of the missing in Vietnam," Franklin helps us to understand how to heal the terrible psychological and spiritual wounds of the Vietnam War.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog extent "xiii, 225 p. ;".
• catalog hasFormat "M.I.A., or, Mythmaking in America.".
• catalog identifier "1556521170 (paperback) :".
• catalog identifier "1556521189 (cloth) :".
• catalog isFormatOf "M.I.A., or, Mythmaking in America.".
• catalog issued "1992".
• catalog issued "c1992.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Brooklyn, N.Y. : L. Hill Books,".
• catalog relation "M.I.A., or, Mythmaking in America.".
• catalog spatial "United States.".
• catalog subject "959.704/3373 20".
• catalog subject "DS559.8.M5 F73 1992".
• catalog subject "Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Missing in action United States.".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. Prisoners of Myth. A National Religion? But Are There Live POWs? Counting the Unaccounted For. What Does "POW/MIA" Mean? Full Accounting and Live POWs. Prisoners or Deserters? The French Experience. "Discrepancies" Government Conspiracy -- 2. Prisoners of the War. The Matrix of the POW/MIA Issue. The "Go Public" Campaign. Enter VIVA and the Bracelets. Four More Years of War for the POW/MIAs. Peace for the POWs. Counting on Discrepancies. The POWs in War and Peace -- 3. The Missing of Peace. War Remains. VIVA and the National League of Families Continue the War. The Pentagon's New Math. The Case of the Disappearing POWs. The Multiplication of the POWs. What Did Happen to the Missing Men? Cambodia. Laos. Vietnam: Or What the Garwood Case Really Shows. "Live Sightings" Why? Reparations and POWs -- 4. Mythmaking in America. Crucifixion and Resurrection. Hollywood Heroes I: Bo Gritz and Ronald Reagan. Hollywood Heroes II: Gene Hackman and Chuck Norris. Hollywood Heroes III: Rambo. The Plots Thicken -- 5. Still Missing. Recovery. A Story of the Missing and the Missing Story -- "Pow/Mia" / W.D. Ehrhart -- Appendix A: From the Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Viet-Nam, Signed in Paris, January 27, 1973 -- Appendix B: The Secret Nixon Letter.".
• catalog title "M.I.A.".
• catalog title "M.I.A., or, Mythmaking in America / H. Bruce Franklin.".
• catalog title "MIA, or, Mythmaking in America.".
• catalog title "Mythmaking in America.".
• catalog type "text".