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"Aid and comfort" : Jane Fonda in North Vietnam / Henry Mark Holzer and Erika Holzer ; foreword by George "Bud" Day.
Van Pelt Library DS559.8.P65 H65 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Holzer, Henry Mark, 1933-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Propaganda.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Collaborationists--United States.
- Fonda, Jane, 1937---Travel--Vietnam (Democratic Republic).
- Fonda, Jane.
- Fonda, Jane, 1937-.
- Travel.
- Propaganda.
- Vietnam (Democratic Republic).
- Treason--United States.
- Treason.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- x, 206 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2002]
- Summary:
- This work investigates Fonda's activities in North Vietnam and argues that she could have been indicted for treason, that there would have been enough evidence to take the case to a jury, that she could have been convicted, and that a conviction probably would have been upheld on appeal.
- It also considers Fonda's early life and the effect it had on her behavior and beliefs in her later years, her audience of American POWS who were forced by the Vietnamese to listen to her broadcasts condemning them as war criminals, her arrival in Vietnam and how it was viewed by American servicemen and civilians, the crime of treason throughout history, and the only Congressional inquiry into her actions, which resulted in the government's decision to take no legal action against her. Texts of Fonda's radio broadcasts to American servicemen comprise the appendix.
- Contents:
- Introduction: In Pursuit of Justice 1
- Part I Prelude to North Vietnam
- 1 The Early Jane Fonda 11
- 2 The Anti-War Jane Fonda 20
- Part II In North Vietnam
- 3 Captive Audience: The American POWs 33
- 4 "Adhering to Their Enemies" 59
- 5 "Giving Them Aid and Comfort" 77
- Part III Treason
- 6 Constitutional Treason 95
- 7 World War II Treason Prosecutions 113
- 8 Jane Fonda and the Law of Treason 131
- Part IV Closure
- 9 The Government's Capitulation 145
- 10 United States of America v. Jane Fonda 165
- Appendix Texts of Fonda's Hanoi Broadcasts to U.S. Servicemen 173.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-201) and index.
- ISBN:
- 078641247X
- OCLC:
- 48649650
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