The
writer gives a brief summary of the book, which recounts the harrowing tales of America's longest-held
prisoner of war
during the Vietnam War, and the extreme affect his army career and years spent in captivity had on him and his family. The paper discusses the style in which the book is written, and compares the problems Jim Thompson and his family face after his return from Vietnam. In conclusion, the
writer comments that war is not just about politics and abstract ideas, and that people pay a price with their lives, their sanity, and the lives of their family.