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From: Andi Wolos & Bob Necci

(POW-MIA InterNetwork)

Re: New Book - ANN

Date: March 28, 1999

In MIAs: A Reference Handbook

ABC CLI 0
For immediate release
New book

"In MIAs: A Reference Handbook, ABC CLIO's newest addition to its award-winning Contemporary World Issue series, author Jean M. Lesinski brings clarity and insight to a complex problem that has never gone away. The issues are emotional and decisive, and two outspoken, opposing sides have always existed. Those who believe that live POW's continued to be held captive somewhere in Southeast Asia and those who maintained that no prisoner could have survived captivity to this day play out a tug of war on the playing field of America's conscience.

Arguments for and against the existence of prisoners held after the signing of the Paris Peace Accords revolve around a number of issues. Among those:

Previous experiences of captives held by the communist forces

Interpretations of intelligence data

Debate over prisoners being sent to other countries

The issue of deserters and collaborators

In congressional hearings, several US government employees working for military intelligence agencies have expressed their opinion that POW's were left behind and that this information is supported by intelligence data.

Jeanne Lesinski has written a compelling book with an informative overview, helpful chronology, biographical sketches, statistics and documents, the directory of organizations, print and non-print resources."

Data of publication is December 1998.
Number of pages: 238
Price: $45.00
ISBN: 0-87436-954-1