Vietnam is often called "the war that won't go away." A major reason why is the continuing controversy of "the POW/MIA issue."

Families of those who were prisoners of war and missing in action in Vietnam organized a determined activist movement to press for a full accounting of their missing loved ones, and pursue a central and enduring question which still haunts America nearly thirty years after Vietnam: Were soldiers left behind in captivity after the Vietnam War?

Among The Missing is a four part documentary series that explores the history of this dynamic activist movement. Once the exclusive domain of a select fraternity of soldiers' wives, the POW/MIA movement has become both a fixture of American life and a distinct subculture within it.

Unique in subject and scope, Among The Missing explores the beginnings of the POW/MIA issue in the Vietnam War; how it spawned a volatile activist movement in the 1960s and 70s; then exploded into an obsession of "the highest national priority" in the 1980s; and why the POW/MIA activist movement has remained an embattled yet potent force during the period of normalization of relations with Vietnam. Indeed, through the 1990s, almost 70% of the American public believed that Vietnam War POWs were still held alive in Southeast Asia. Critics of the POW/MIA movement hold it responsible for the creation of a "POW/MIA myth" that blocks any hope of truly ending the Vietnam War.

Spanning three decades, Among The Missing is the first-ever chronicle of the colorful, kinetic, and sometimes bizarre history of the movement that demands America "bring 'em home or send us back."

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