GLORY DENIED: The Saga of Jim Thompson, America's Longest-Held Prisoner of War
Tom Philpott, GLORY DENIED: The Saga of Jim Thompson, America's Longe. , $26.95 (457pp) ISBN 978-0-393-02012-0
Col. Floyd James "Jim" Thompson of the U.S. Army Special Forces was captured by the Vietcong in South Vietnam in March 1964 and held longer than any other prisoner of war in American history, suffering greatly physically and emotionally. He was released, along with other American POWs, in March 1973. Thompson's troubles, however, only multiplied after his release. During his captivity, Thompson's wife, Alyce, moved with their four young children into the home of an army sergeant and told the children their father was dead. The Thompsons reunited after his release, but their marriage soon dissolved, and Thompson later suffered a stroke that diminished his mental capabilities. For this biography, Philpott, who writes the syndicated column "Military Update," interviewed 160 people over 15 years. In an even more vérité manner than Mailer's
Reviewed on: 04/09/2001
Genre: Nonfiction
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