American POWs in Southeast Asia and the Violation of a National Ethic

© Copyright 1991-2000 by Wesley Fryer. This paper was prepared for course requirements at the United States Air Force Academy. If you would like to quote from it or have questions/comments, please contact me using this web form.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Development of America's National "POW ethic"
3. The American POW ethic in Southeast Asia
4. A Breach of Trust: POWs are left behind
5. Troubling Evidence that American POWs were abandoned
6. A Black Page in American History
7. Works Cited

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