Passing of the Night, The: My Seven Years As Prisoner of the North Vietnamese

MILITARY GENERAL

This is one of the most memorable books to come out of the Vietnam War in which General Robbie Risner describes with moving candour the years of pain and deprivation he endured as as a POW in Vietnam. His is the real story of what went on in the prison camps of North Vietnam. it was a nightmare that required incredible endurance to survive. He describes the days of screaming or in tears, of the monotony and despair and six weeks when he was confronted by a torture he could not deal with.

• Vietnam War, 1961-1975 — Prisoners and prisons, North Vietnamese
• Vietnam War, 1961-1975 — Personal narratives, American

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