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Part I
Introduction Introduction
CHAPTER 1 The Pow Hostage Plan and Its Implementation
CHAPTER 2 Hanoi Bound
CHAPTER 3 American POWs Captured by the Pathet Lao
CHAPTER 4 American POWs in North Vietnam
CHAPTER 5 1972: The War Draws to a Close

Part II
CHAPTER 6 January 1973: Peace at a Very High Price
CHAPTER 7 February 1973: A Historic Visit to Hanoi
CHAPTER 8 February-March 1973: “The Most Tortured Issue” of Them All, “The Toughest Sale”
CHAPTER 9 Mid-to Late March 1973: The Returnee Debriefs Tell of Hundreds of American POWs Held Back
CHAPTER 10 Spring 1973: “A ‘Cancer’ On the Presidency”
CHAPTER 11 Spring, Summer and Fall 1973: The Collapse of the JEC Talks • The Collapse of the Paris Peace Accords
CHAPTER 12 1974: The End of the Line for Richard Nixon
CHAPTER 13 January-April 1975: The End of the Line for South Vietnam

Part III
CHAPTER 14 May-December 1975: “Cuba Suggested to Us to Keep Them Back” • U.S. Congress Investigates Fate of the POWs and MIAs
CHAPTER 15 1976 Montgomery Continues His Investigation • American POWs Seen in Captivity Throughout North and South Vietnam
CHAPTER 16 1977 A New President Addresses the Matter of the Unlisted, Unreturned POWs
CHAPTER 17 1978: The Sightings of the Unlisted, Unreturned POWs Continue • The Refugee Exodus Begins
CHAPTER 18 1979: A Prison System in Chaos • Convincing Evidence Finally Reaches Washington
CHAPTER 19 1980: Rescue Plans

Part IV
CHAPTER 20 1981: “Gasoline”
CHAPTER 21 1982: “The Principle of Reciprocity”
CHAPTER 22 1983: A Dramatic Change of Course
CHAPTER 23 1984: Tragedy at Arlington • A Missed Opportunity in the Oval Office
The 1983-84 Cover-Up, How It Was Structured, How It Was Sustained
CHAPTER 24 1985: “Progress” in the Search for Remains • Freshmen, Stonewalled On POWs, Turn to Perot • McFarlane Drops His Guard
CHAPTER 25 1986: Trench Warfare
CHAPTER 26 1987: Perot to Hanoi • A Bombshell From General Vessey • No Evidence?
CHAPTER 27 1988: “Just Two Bar of Silvers for Each Man”
CHAPTER 28 1989: “The Statute of Limitations Has Been Reached”
CHAPTER 29 1990: Sabotaging the Helms/Grassley Investigations • The Bush “Final Report” On POWs • Thach’s Historic Visit to Washington

Part V
CHAPTER 30 1991: One Last Chance to Save the Unlisted, Unreturned POWs
CHAPTER 31 1992: The Fragging
CHAPTER 32 1993-1995 “The Vietnamese Know How to Count”
CHAPTER 33 1995-2005 “War Legacies”
CHAPTER 34 Epilogue: A Proposal for President Bush