Vietnam Now: A Case for Normalizing Relations with Hanoi

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Review "A Reagan coattail congressman from 1981 to 1983, president of Accuracy in Academia, and author of the diatribe Harvard Hates America (1978), LeBoutillier has well-established solid Right credentials. Thus his argument and his excoriating critique of Reagan's policies and inept leadership catch one's attention. The heart of LeBoutillier's case is that normalization is necessary to gain the return of POWs/MIAs, whom he is convinced are still alive in Indochina. The author weaves a fascinating saga of deceit, cover-up, and indifference that began with Henry Kissinger, and continued through the Ford, Carter, and Reagan administrations, to hide the fact that the US knowingly left Americans behind and even spurned an offer to have 53 returned. Although the story is intriguing, its authenticity is difficult to verify since the author invokes off the record' revelations made to him personally, or simply states that sources revealed' critical pieces of evidence. Conspiracy theses aside, LeBoutillier makes a cogent case for normalization, and the book is certainly interesting. . . ."-Choice." . . LeBoutillier has written a book, Vietnam Now, in which he calls for normalizing relations with Vietnam. The reason he gives is American policies in Southeast Asia have thus far directly contributed to greatley increased Soviet influence.' LeBoutillier also calls for Vietnam to make a full accounting of American MIAs, to release all its political prisoners and Amerasian children, and to withdraw from Cambodia. The latter came to pass last September, a month before LeBoutillier's book was published. The book has an introduction by one of the author's heroes, Richard M. Nixon."-Arts of War"LeBoutillier, a former conservative Republican member of Congress and subsequently president of Account for POW/MIAs, Inc., makes an impassioned case for the United States to normalize its relations with Vietnam and help the country shake off Soviet influence. An insider book, this weighs the domestic, regional, and super- power implications of normalizing relations--a major payoff of which would be a full accounting of prisoners of war and those missing in action. . . . A well-written book for a general audience, this provides an interesting case in ideological transformation in postwar U.S. policy toward Vietnam."-Library Journal?. . . LeBoutillier has written a book, Vietnam Now, in which he calls for normalizing relations with Vietnam. The reason he gives is American policies in Southeast Asia have thus far directly contributed to greatley increased Soviet influence.' LeBoutillier also calls for Vietnam to make a full accounting of American MIAs, to release all its political prisoners and Amerasian children, and to withdraw from Cambodia. The latter came to pass last September, a month before LeBoutillier's book was published. The book has an introduction by one of the author's heroes, Richard M. Nixon.?-Arts of War?LeBoutillier, a former conservative Republican member of Congress and subsequently president of Account for POW/MIAs, Inc., makes an impassioned case for the United States to normalize its relations with Vietnam and help the country shake off Soviet influence. An insider book, this weighs the domestic, regional, and super-power implications of normalizing relations--a major payoff of which would be a full accounting of prisoners of war and those missing in action. . . . A well-written book for a general audience, this provides an interesting case in ideological transformation in postwar U.S. policy toward Vietnam.?-Library Journal?A Reagan coattail congressman from 1981 to 1983, president of Accuracy in Academia, and author of the diatribe Harvard Hates America (1978), LeBoutillier has well-established solid Right credentials. Thus his argument and his excoriating critique of Reagan's policies and inept leadership catch one's attention. The heart of LeBoutillier's case is that normalization is necessary to gain the return of POWs/MIAs, whom he is convinced are still alive in Indochina. The author weaves a fascinating saga of deceit, cover-up, and indifference that began with Henry Kissinger, and continued through the Ford, Carter, and Reagan administrations, to hide the fact that the US knowingly left Americans behind and even spurned an offer to have 53 returned. Although the story is intriguing, its authenticity is difficult to verify since the author invokes off the record' revelations made to him personally, or simply states that sources revealed' critical pieces of evidence. Conspiracy theses aside, LeBoutillier makes a cogent case for normalization, and the book is certainly interesting. . . .?-Choice Read more About the Author JOHN LeBOUTILLIER served in the U.S. Congress from 1981 to 1983. For the past six years he has been the president of Account for POW/MIAs Inc., the largest private group in the United States dedicated to bringing home living American POWs still held in Indochina--and to educating the American people about issues of the POWs and MIAs. Read more

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• Hardcover: 134 pages
• Publisher: Praeger (September 25, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0275932788
• ISBN-13: 87
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.5 x 8.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.8 ounces

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