"Nine Americans who fought in Vietnam, were taken prisoner, and somehow survived five agonizing years of captivity tell us exactly what they did, saw, and suffered. Here is the uncensored reality of the war."--Gilbert A. Harrison, former editor-in-chief, New Republic This book is the moving story of nine American soldiers and pilots who were captured and held prisoner for five years. It could only be told in their own words; so author Zalin Grant interviewed each of the men and wove their accounts together to form a single, compelling narrative of war and survival. They describe the details of their daily existence in a Vietcong jungle prison as the war ebbed and flowed around them: the rats, the terror of American bombing raids, the sickness, starvation, and torture. Through the juxtaposition of their individual stories we see the subtle, destructive tensions that operate on a group of men in such desperate circumstances. Marched up the Ho Chi Minh trail to Hanoi, the prisoners' physical ordeal gave way to an agonizing moral dilemma. Should they join the "Peace Committee," a group of POWs protesting the war? Or should they resist their captors by all possible means as ordered by the secret American commander of the Hanoi prison? After years in the jungle on the edge of survival, each man had to answer the questions: Who am I? What do I believe? These men form a cross section of the army we sent to Vietnam. Their words illuminate not only their individual background and experience, but also the meaning of this war for all of us.

Survivors

Biographies & Memoirs

Grant, Zalin

Historical

Da Capo Press

In plainspoken first-person reports from nine American POWs, this work recounts five years in a Viet Cong jungle prison. This is war as only prisoners could experience it, recounted with immediacy and a courage that triumphed over despair.

Leaders & Notable People

The story of the air war over Hanoi and Haiphong as it was lived by Navy pilots flying off the U.S.S. Oriskany, which centers on the bombing of the same bridge on the same day in 1966, 1967, and 1972

Over the Beach

History

Military

W.W.Norton

Based on interviews with many participants in the C.I.A.'s dreaded Phoenix program of assassination during the Vietnam War, this analysis reveals the story of Tran Ngoc Chau, a Vietnamese soldier and statesman whose betrayal may have cost the U.S. the war

Facing the Phoenix: The CIA and the Political Defeat of the United States in Vietnam

Americas

W.W. Norton & Co., Inc.

This book may well be the most unusual document to come out of the Viet Nam war. It is the moving story of nine American soldiers and pilots who were captured and held prisoner for five years. It could only be told in their own words; and so the author interviewed each of the nine men, and edited and wove their accounts together to form a single, compelling narrative of war and survival. For three years these Americans were held in a Viet Cong jungle prison, where they struggled against starvation- and themselves. They describe the details of their daily existence as the war ebbed and flowed around them: the rats, the terror of American bombing raids, the sickness. Through juxtaposition of their individual stories we see the subtle, destructive tensions that operate on a group of men in such desperate circumstances. Then they marched up the Ho Chi Minh trail to Hanoi, where their physical ordeal gave way to an agonizing moral dilemma. Should they join the "Peace Committee", a group of POW's protesting the war? Or should they resist their captors by all possible means as ordered by the secret American commander of the Hanoi prison? After three years in the jungle on the edge of survival, each man had to answer the questions: Who am I? What do I believe? These nine men form a cross section of the army we sent to Viet Nam. Their words illuminate not only their individual background and experience, but also the meaning of the war for us all.

W.W.Norton&Company

Over the Beach: The Air War in Vietnam

"The Right Stuff without the hype, Yeager without the ego."―Washington Post Book World "While the jet-jockey competitiveness, the undercurrent of fear, the victories and foul-ups of jet sweeps have been described many times, few such chronicles have done it so grippingly and with such a ring of accuracy. Mr. Grant explores the emotions felt not only by the men in battle but by the wives and others left behind, and the questions the war raised in their minds. To put in larger context the war's impact on individual participants, the author periodically reviews the high-level struggles over how to fight the air war. "What is most impressive is to find an analysis so clearly stated, so seemingly on track in locating the weak spots in the policies of various political and military officials....Written in a straightforward yet stylish prose, Over the Beach carries tremendous conviction."―Richard Witkin, New York Times Book Review

For the 50 million Americans who will travel abroad this year-- from college students to the business traveler, from families & children to senior citizens--FLYING SMART by Zalin Grant is a must. This easy-to-read, highly personal guide to international travel has all the folksy good humor of Garrison Keillor combined with the sharp eyed reporting of Dan Rather. Once a journalist for TIME Magazine & The New Republic & author of four books, Zalin Grant shows the reader how to fly smart, sprinkled with his own adventures while visiting 80 countries over the past 30 years. LIBRARY JOURNAL, in a laudatory pre-publication review, says, "there is much to learn for those who have never flown & even something for veteran travelers." For example: * Why is Friday the 13th the best time to fly? * Why is it better to have tacky looking luggage? * When should you REALLY leave for the airport? * How to avoid the "change money" rip-off. * What to eat before you fly. * Somebody stole my passport! What to do. * Do you REALLY need all those clothes? * And much, much more. Not only is Zalin Grant a world traveler with lots of exciting stories to tell, he is also a good son. FLYING SMART was privately written for his mother--she had never stepped on a plane in her whole life--who was coming to visit him & his wife, Claude, in Paris. If you're planning on taking a trip abroad, FLYING SMART tells you everything you need to know. Direct orders: $12 + $3 shipping & handling - Pythia Press, 11206 Wedge Drive, Reston, VA 22090. Call 703-709-0919, FAX: 703-709-1333, E-mail pythiapres@aol.com. FLYING SMART is distributed by Publishers Distribution Service 1-800-507-2665.

Flying Smart: Everything You Wanted to Know About Flying (Abroad) but Were Afraid to Ask (For Fear of Sounding Like a Bumpkin)

Pythia Pr

The Untold Emmett Till Murder Written as a novel

Pythia Press

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Survivors

Survivors

Over the Beach

Facing the Phoenix: The CIA and the Political Defeat of the United States in Vietnam

Survivors

Over the Beach: The Air War in Vietnam

Flying Smart: Everything You Wanted to Know About Flying (Abroad) but Were Afraid to Ask (For Fear of Sounding Like a Bumpkin)

The Untold Emmett Till Murder Written as a novel