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The league of wives [large print]: the untold story of the women who took on the U.S. Government to bring their husbands home / Heath Hardage Lee.

Lee, Heath Hardage, (author.).

Summary:

The true story of the women who battled Washington and Hanoi to bring their husbands home after years of torture and confinement in prisons in the jungles of Vietnam.

Record details

ISBN: 9781432864958
ISBN: 1432864955
Physical Description: 577 pages (large print), 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Edition: Large print edition.
Publisher: Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2019.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-574).

Formatted Contents Note:

The right wife -- It can't happen to us -- A Great Society for some, not for all -- Wives or widows? -- A reluctant sorority -- New girl village -- The league of wives -- Incredibly screwed up -- So you say you want a revolution? -- "Nixon's the one!" -- Go public -- Don't mess with Texas -- May day debut -- Here comes your nineteenth nervous breakdown -- Write Hanoi and silent nights -- Is peace at hand? -- "We chose to be together" -- To the First Ladies of America!.