Unexpected Prisoner
by Robert Wideman
"Memoir of a Vietnam POW"
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Details
War:
Vietnam War
Perspective:
Prisoners of War
Military Unit:
US Marine Corps
True Story:
Yes
Biography:
Yes
Region:
Asia
Page Count:
374
Published Date:
2016
ISBN13:
9780997364606
Description
When Lieutenant Robert Wideman's plane crashed on a bombing run in the Vietnam War, he feared falling into enemy hands. Although he endured the kind of pain that makes people question humanity, physical torture was not his biggest problem. During six years as a prisoner of war, he saw the truth behind Jean-Paul Sartre's words: "Hell is other people." Unexpected Prisoner explores a POW's struggle with enemies and comrades, Vietnamese interrogators and American commanders, his lost dreams and ultimately himself.