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008			131105s2014 nyu b 001 0deng
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020			_a9781250006530 _qhardback
020			_z9781250037619 (e-book)
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100	1		_aTownley, Alvin.
245	1	0	_aDefiant : _bthe POWs who endured Vietnam's most infamous prison, the women who fought for them, and the one who never returned / _cAlvin Townley.
264		1	_aNew York : _bThomas Dunne Books, _c2014.
300			_aviii, 418 pages : _billustrations ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
520			_a"The story of the indomitable American POWs who endured "Alcatraz," the Hanoi prison camp where North Vietnam locked its most dangerous and subversive prisoners, and the wives who fought to bring them home. During the Vietnam War, hundreds of American prisoners of war faced years of brutal conditions and horrific torture at the hands of communist interrogators who ruthlessly plied them for military intelligence and propaganda. Determined to maintain their Code of Conduct, the inmates of the Hanoi Hilton and other POW camps developed a powerful underground resistance. To quash it, the North Vietnamese singled out its eleven leaders, Vietnam's own "dirty dozen," and banished them to an isolated jail that would become known as Alcatraz. None would leave its solitary cells and interrogation rooms unscathed; one would never return. As these men suffered in Hanoi, their wives launched an extraordinary campaign that would ultimately spark the POW/MIA movement. When the survivors finally returned, one would receive the Medal of Honor, another became a U.S. Senator, and a third still serves in Congress. A story of survival and triumph in the vein of Unbroken and Band of Brothers, Defiant by Alvin Townley will inspire anyone wondering how courage, faith, and brotherhood can endure even in the darkest of situations. "-- _cProvided by publisher.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650		0	_aVietnam War, 1961-1975 _xPrisoners and prisons, North Vietnamese.
650		0	_aPrisoners of war _zUnited States _vBiography.
650		0	_aPrisoners of war _zVietnam _vBiography.
650		0	_aMilitary spouses _zUnited States _vBiography.
650		7	_aHISTORY / Military / Vietnam War. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aHISTORY / Military / Veterans. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military. _2bisacsh
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