POW/MIA Accounting

-Offers an unprecedented first-hand account of the Department of Defense's POW/MIA accounting program
-Brings expert insights from an insider into the Cold War and its aftermath
-Frames contemporary US-Russia relations in a new light

Autorentext

Paul M. Cole, an independent scholar with rich experience in the US Department of Defense, is an established figure in the POW/MIA Accounting Community. The leak of his internal report on malfeasance in the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command resulted in two Congressional hearings, two major Associated Press stories and front-page stories in many countries around the world resulting in a comprehensive reorganization of the POW/MIA Accounting Community. Dr. Cole's three-volume RAND report, POW/MIA Issues (1994), was purchased by thousands of individuals, research institutions and university libraries. Dr. Cole received a PhD from the Johns Hopkins Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, MSFS from the Georgetown University Edmund A. Walsh Graduate School of Foreign Service, and a B.A. from Gustavus Adolphus College.

Inhalt

1. Authorization, Policy, Implementation. and Oversight.- 2. The Accounting Program: Locate, Recover, Identify, and Return Chapter.- 3. Political Interference with Science.- 4. Exploitation of the Missing.- 5. Accounting for the Korean War Missing.- 6. To Moscow via Stockholm and Helsinki.- 7. Pentagon Briefing, Lunch with a KGB General.- 8. Congressional and DoD Action.- 9. Russia's Involvement In POW/MIA Affairs.- 10. US-Russia Joint Commission on POW/MIAs.- 11. Archive Research Follow-On Project.- 12. Final Project Briefing and RAND Report Published.- 13. Moscow, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine, and East Germany.- 14. Evil Creeps, Conspiracy Theorists and DPMO's Activities.- 15. Findings and Conclusions.