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POW/MIA Accounting

Volume I – Searching for America’s Missing Servicemen in the Soviet Union

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Authors:
  1. Paul M. Cole

    1. Nashville, TN, USA

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  • 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

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxii
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  2. Authorization, Policy, Implementation, and Oversight

    • Paul M. Cole
    Pages 1-55

  3. The Accounting Program: Locate, Recover, Identify, and Return

    • Paul M. Cole
    Pages 57-100

  4. Political Interference with Science

    • Paul M. Cole
    Pages 101-140

  5. Exploitation of the Missing

    • Paul M. Cole
    Pages 141-180

  6. Accounting for the Korean War Missing

    • Paul M. Cole
    Pages 181-214

  7. To Moscow via Stockholm and Helsinki

    • Paul M. Cole
    Pages 215-277

  8. Pentagon Briefing, Lunch with a KGB General

    • Paul M. Cole
    Pages 279-296

  9. Congressional and DoD Action

    • Paul M. Cole
    Pages 297-321

  10. Russia’s Involvement in POW/MIA Affairs

    • Paul M. Cole
    Pages 323-352

  11. US-Russia Joint Commission on POW/MIAs

    • Paul M. Cole
    Pages 353-463

  12. Archive Research Follow-On Project

    • Paul M. Cole
    Pages 465-562

  13. Final Project Briefing and RAND Report Published

    • Paul M. Cole
    Pages 563-589

  14. Moscow, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine, and East Germany

    • Paul M. Cole
    Pages 591-732

  15. “Evil Creeps,” Conspiracy Theorists, and DPMO’s Activities

    • Paul M. Cole
    Pages 733-812

  16. Findings and Conclusions

    • Paul M. Cole
    Pages 813-863

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 865-882
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About this book

This book is an insider’s account of the search for missing American servicemen who became trapped in the Soviet Union and the US government’s efforts to free them or discover their fates. The book, which is based on years of  work as a consultant to the US government, includes archive research that took place in Russia and four other republics of the Soviet Union as the USSR broke apart. Volume I explores the history of missing American servicemen, with particular emphasis on thousands who were not accounted for during the Korean War and Cold War era.  As US relations with Russia and North Korea become more intense, this book is an extremely timely resource for scholars, laymen, and policymakers.



Authors and Affiliations

  • Nashville, TN, USA

    Paul M. Cole

About the author

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.   



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