Glory Denied The Vietnam Saga of Jim Thompson, America's Longest-Held Prisoner of War

GloryDenied-the harrowing storyof America's longest-held POW, the wrenching agonies faced by his family, andthe larger story of a nation divided-returns to Norton a decade after itsmuch-heralded publication. Excerpted in The New Yorker and later made into an opera, it is the heroic storyof Floyd Jim Thompson, captured in March 1964, who became the longest-heldprisoner of war in American history. Tom Philpott juxtaposes Thompson'scapture, torture, and multiple escape attempts with the trials of his youngwife, Alyce, who, feeling trapped, made choices that forever tied her fate tothe war she despised. One of the most honest books ever written about Vietnam(Oliver Stone), Glory Denied demands that we rethink the definition of a trueAmerican hero.

Tom Philpott is a syndicated columnist and freelance writer. His weekly column, Military Update, appears in more than forty daily newspapers in the United States and overseas. He lives in Centreville, Virginia.