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Heath Hardage Lee

    Heath Hardage Lee, met een achtergrond in museumeducatie en curatiewerk, blinkt uit in het blootleggen van boeiende verhalen uit de Amerikaanse geschiedenis. Haar werk wordt gekenmerkt door nauwgezet onderzoek en scherpzinnige analyse, waarbij ze vaak over het hoofd geziene individuen en cruciale momenten belicht. Lee onderzoekt de sociale en politieke gevolgen van historische gebeurtenissen door de lens van persoonlijke ervaring en belangenbehartiging. Haar proza is zowel feitelijk rijk als toegankelijk, en biedt lezers nieuwe perspectieven op het verleden.

    The League of Wives: The Untold Story of the Women Who Took on the U.S. Government to Bring Their Husbands Home from Vietnam
    The League of Wives
    • The true story of the fierce band of women who battled Washington - and Hanoi - to bring their husbands home from the jungles of Vietnam.

      The League of Wives
    • On February 12, 1973, more than one hundred recently released American prisoners of war arrived in the Philippines. These former Navy and Air Force pilots had endured years of brutal torture, deprivation, and solitary confinement in Vietnamese prisons, the worst of which was The Hanoi Hilton. Months later, they learned that their rescuers were their wives, who had formed The National League of Families and been the POW and MIAs most fervent advocates. These women lobbied government leaders, conducted a savvy media campaign, conducted covert meetings with antiwar activists, and helped code secret letters to the prisoners -- all to facilitate their husbands' freedom.

      The League of Wives: The Untold Story of the Women Who Took on the U.S. Government to Bring Their Husbands Home from Vietnam