Unwavering: The Wives Who Fought to Ensure No Man is Left Behind
Description
The true story of the women who waged an epic home front battle to ensure our nation leaves no man behind.
When some of America’s military men are captured or go missing during the Vietnam War, a small group of military wives become their champions. Never had families taken on diplomatic roles during wartime, nor had the fate of our POWs and missing men been a nationwide concern. In cinematic detail, authors Taylor Baldwin Kiland and Judy Silverstein Gray plunge you directly into the political maneuvering the women navigated, onto the international stage they shared with world leaders, and through the landmark legacy they created.
Praise for Unwavering: The Wives Who Fought to Ensure No Man is Left Behind
“...an extraordinary piece of journalism and truth telling. It is a compelling compilation and diary of heroic and hardnosed actions by the wives of POWs and MIAs who fought military and government bureaucracy and longstanding stereotypes of who military wives are and how they should behave.”
“Powerful and deeply moving, this is a war story like no other. If the first duty of every citizen is to remember, Unwavering will remind us of those captured or missing in Vietnam, and the remarkable women who kept faith with them for more than half a century.”
— RICK ATKINSON, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of An Army at Dawn and The Long Gray Line
“This is a brilliantly written, beautifully emotive, and utterly accurate portrait of the families left behind during America’s long war in Vietnam. It reads like a suspenseful work of fiction, and tugs at the heart—but is also full of rock-solid policy recommendations.”
— ADM. JAMES STAVRIDIS, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander and author of To Risk It All: Nine Conflicts and the Crucible of Decision
“A vivid and urgent book brimming with original reporting, it breaks your heart while it inspires.”
— AMY ARGETSINGER, Washington Post editor and author of There She Was: The Secret History of Miss America
“With a brisk economy and verve, the authors tell a little-known story of love and devotion that deserves our attention and admiration.”
— MARK SALTER, former chief of staff for Sen. John McCain and bestselling author of The Luckiest Man
“The authors have chronicled—as no one else has—the dramatic, heart-rending saga of a small band of unlikely heroines who came to reshape US foreign policy...I witnessed firsthand their impact when I served as Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency in the early 1990s.”
— LT. GEN. JAMES CLAPPER, former Director of National Intelligence
"An extraordinary piece of journalism and truth telling...it profiles resilient, unrelenting, fearless women who faced down the most senior military and political leaders.”
— USCGA grad