Simon & Schuster, 1995, Hardcover, Book Condition: Very Good (ex-library), Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good, First

fFirst Impression. Size: 8vo Octavo (standard book size). 462 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact, but spine is slightly cocked. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is not price clipped and in excellent condition. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Text marked with Library stamps, but very discreetly, spine unmarked, in all other respects in very good condition throughout. This book is available and ready to be shipped from our local warehouse with two working days. FREE POSTAGE when you buy three books in your transaction (Australian customers only).. In the face of Hanoi's policy of withholding POW/MIA information, a U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency operation called Swamp Ranger, led by former U.N. refugee officer Theodore G. Schweitzer, gained access to the People's Army archives and examined records of Americans who survived capture during the Vietnam War and some who did not. Schweitzer also obtained photos of U.S. prisoners, alive or dead. Though Vietnamese military officials were helpful, the civilian bureaucracy eventually withdrew cooperation, but not before Schweitzer had collected information on the fate of hundreds of missing American servicemen. McConnell's (Into the Mouth of the Cat) book demolishes the myth that Washington knowingly abandoned surviving POWs in Indochina. It also exposes fund-raising scams, bogus former POWs and others who attempt to take advantage of grieving relatives. The book offers vivid glimpses of Vietnam, especially the corruption, greed and negative impact of the current commercial boom on the resolution of the MIA issue. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Military & Warfare; United States; 1960s; History. ISBN: 0671871188. ISBN/EAN: 9780671871185. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 6042.