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A Vietnam Experience - Ten Years of Reflection (Paperback)
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A Vietnam Experience - Ten Years of Reflection (Paperback)
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Loot Price R290
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The decade that followed James Stockdale's seven and a half years
in a North Vietnamese prison saw his life take a number of
different turns, from a stay in a navy hospital in San Diego to
president of a civilian college to his appointment as a senior
research fellow at the Hoover Institution. In this collection of
essays he offers his thoughts on his imprisonment. Describing the
horrors of his treatment as a prisoner of war, Stockdale tells how
he discovered firsthand the capabilities and limitations of the
human spirit in such a situation. As the senior officer in
confinement he had what he humbly describes as 'the easiest
leadership job in the world: to maintain the organization,
resistance, and spirit of ten of the finest men I have ever known.'
His reflections on his wartime prison experience and the reasons
for his survival form the basis of the writings reprinted here. In
subject matter ranging from methods of communication in prison to
military ethics to the principles of leadership, the thirty-four
selections contained in this volume are a unique record of what
Stockdale calls a 'melting experience' - a pressure-packed
existence that forces one to grow. Retired Vice Admiral James B.
Stockdale, a Hoover Institution fellow from 1981 to 1996, was Ross
Perot's 1992 presidential running mate and a recipient of the Medal
of Honor after enduring seven and a half years as a prisoner of war
in North Vietnam. He died in 2005 at the age of 81.
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