02758cmm a2200373 4500 214797852 TxAuBib 20120507120000.0 091215s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780807895313 electronic bk. 0807895318 electronic bk. (OCoLC)489150940 N$T eng N$T OCLCQ EBLCP YDXCP OCLCQ MHW OCLCQ TxAuBib Allen, Michael J, 1974-, (Michael Joe.) Until the last man comes home [electronic resource] : POWs, MIAs, and the unending Vietnam War / Michael J. Allen. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2009. 1 online resource (433 p.) : ill. Includes bibliographical references (p. [391]-410) and index. Introduction: The politics of loss -- Go public : the construction of loss -- For us the war still goes on : the limits of homecoming -- As it has in the past : a short history of oblivion -- Fullest possible accounting : the persistence of the past -- The wilderness years : life after death -- Highest national priority : resurrection and retribution -- Not to close the door, but to open it : the ambiguity of recovery -- Conclusion: This thing has consumed American politics for years. Allen analyzes the effects that activism by POW and MIA families had on U.S. politics before and after the Vietnam War's official end. He argues that POW/MIA activism prolonged the hostility between the United States and Vietnam even as the search for the missing became the basis for closer ties between the two countries in the 1990s. Equally important, he explains, POW/MIA families' disdain for the antiwar left and contempt for federal authority fueled the conservative ascendancy after 1968. United States Constitutional Convention 1787 Relations Vietnam. United States Marine Corps Politics and government 1945-1989. United States National Archives and Records Service Politics and government 1989- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Prisoners and prisons, North Vietnamese. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Missing in action United States. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Influence. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Political aspects. Prisoners of war United States. Political activists United States. History Military Vietnam War. Vietnam Relations United States. Electronic books. Allen, Michael J. (Michael Joe), Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2009. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=295693 EBSCOhost