Prisoner of Lies

Jack Downey's Prisoner of Lies: The Cold War takes us into the life of this courageous and remarkably resilient man who became America's longest-serving prisoner of war, released after spending more than 20 years in what was then called Red China . He spent most of that time in isolation, under constant surveillance and little protection from the extremes of cold and heat. His captivity lasted almost the entire Cold War, from 1952 to his release in 1973, after the United States.

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Acclaimed journalist Barry Werth has peeled back the layers of deceitful politics, secrecy and government collusion surrounding a botched and compromised mission that sent four young men crashing into Communist China in early 1952. The two pilots are died and were buried by a farmer in an unmarked grave. Two young CIA agents, Richard Fecteau and John (Jack) Downey Jr., were immediately arrested and charged with espionage. For two years, both were presumed dead.

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