In Love and War
In Love and War
IN LOVE AND WAR IS A BOOK BY Jim and Sybil Stockdale and released in 1990. It details the military career of Jim Stockdalel and his marriage to Sybil. His involvement and imprisonment during the Vietnam war and her efforts as the wife of a POW raising four children.
James Bond "Jim" Stockdale (December 23, 1923 – July 5, 2005) was a United Sates Vice Admiral. During the Vietnam war as a Captain and naval pilot he was awarded the Medal of Honor. He was shot down and was a prisoner of war for over seven years. His wife Sybil Stockdale who was the mother of his four children became a leading spokeswoman for Vietnam POW/MIA families. This book documents Jim's life growing up in Illinois, his military action in Vietnam, his capture on September 9, 1965. It details his imprisonment and return/homecoming seven years late to the USA. Debilitated by his captivity and mistreatment, Stockdale could not stand upright and could barely walk upon his return to the United States, which prevented his return to active flying status. In deference to his previous service, the navy kept him on active duty, steadily promoting him over the next few years before he retired as a Vice Admiral on September 1, 1979. He completed his career by serving as the president of the Naval War College at Newport Rhode Island from October 13, 1977, until August 22, 1979. Fifteen years later in 1994 he ran as running mate to Ross Perot and is remembered by some for his less than stellar performance in a debate. This lead Dennis Miller to come to the 71 year old Stockdale defense with the following comments on his HBO comedy special that year.
"Now I know (Stockdale's name has) become a buzzword in this culture for doddering old man, but let's look at the record, folks. The guy was the first guy in and the last guy out of Vietnam, a war that many Americans, including your new President, chose not to dirty their hands with. He had to turn his hearing aid on at that debate because those fucking animals knocked his eardrums out when he wouldn't spill his guts. He teaches philosophy at Stanford University, he's a brilliant, sensitive, courageous man. And yet he committed the one unpardonable sin in our culture: he was bad on television". What Jim may have lacked in debate skills or television presence he more than made up in life skills and service to our country.
This book is signed by both Jim and Sybil Stockdale and is in NEW condition being properly stored since purchased in 1990.