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James B. Stockdale - A Vietnam Experience: Ten Years of Relection (Hoover Institution Press Publication) - 9780817981525 - V9780817981525
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A Vietnam Experience: Ten Years of Relection (Hoover Institution Press Publication)

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Description for A Vietnam Experience: Ten Years of Relection (Hoover Institution Press Publication) Paperback. Admiral Stockdale looks back at his ten years in Vietnam. Ranging in subject 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 their author calls a "melting experience," a pressure-packed existence that forces one to grow. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; BGH; HBJF; HBJK; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 281.
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 ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Hoover Institution Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
148
Place of Publication
Stanford, United States
ISBN
9780817981525
SKU
V9780817981525
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99-50

About James B. Stockdale
Vice Admiral Stockdale, a senior research fellow at the Hoover Institution, served in the navy from 1947 to 1979, beginning as a test pilot and instructor at Patuxent River, Maryland, and spending two years as a graduate student at Stanford University. He became a fighter pilot and was shot down on his second combat tour over North Vietnam, becoming a ... Read more

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