An enormous crime: the definitive account of American POWs abandoned in Southeast Asia

The POW hostage plan and its implementation

Hanoi bound

American POWs captured by the Pathet Lao

American POWs in North Vietnam

1972 : the war draws to a close

January 1973 : peace at a very high price

February 1973 : a historic journey to Hanoi

February-March 1973 : the "most tortured" issue, "the toughest sale"

Mid- to late March 1973 : the returnee debriefs tell of hundreds of American POWs held back

Spring 1973 : "a 'cancer' on the presidency"

Spring, summer, and fall 1973 : the collapse of the JEC talks : the collapse of the Paris peace accords

1974 : the end of the line for Richard Nixon

January-April 1975 : the end of the line for South Vietnam

May-December 1975 : "Cuba suggested to us to keep them back" : Congress investigates the fate of the POWs and MIAs

1976 : Montgomery continues his investigation : American POWs seen in captivity in both North and South Vietnam

1977 : a new president addresses the matter of the unlisted, unreturned POWs

1978 : the sightings of the unlisted, unreturned POWs continue : the refugee exodus begins

1979: a prison system in chaos : convincing evidence finally reaches Washington

1980 : rescue plans

1981 : "gasoline"

1982 : "the principle of reciprocity"

1983 : a dramatic change of course

1984 : tragedy at Arlington : a missed opportunity in the Oval Office

1985 : "progress" in the search for remains : freshmen, stonewalled on POWs, turn to Perot : McFarlane drops his guard

1986 : trench warfare

1987 : Perot to Hanoi : a bombshell from General Vessey : no evidence?

1988: "just two bar of silvers for each man"

1989 : "... the statute of limitations has been reached"

1990 : sabotaging the Helms/Grassley investigations : The Bush final report on POWs : Thach's historic visit to Washington

1991 : one last chance to save the unlisted, unreturned POWs

1992 : the fragging

1993-1995: "the Vietnamese know how to count"

1995-2005 : "war legacies"

Epilogue : a proposal for President Bush.