In Love and War : the Story of a Family's Ordeal and Sacrifice During the Vietnam Years / Jim and Sybil Stockdale 226 p.

Jim and Sybil Stockdale recount their story of their lives after Jim is shot down in North Vietnam at the start of the war and take prisoner.  Their story is rather each telling their side as they were apart for over 7 1/2 years.  Jim, on the receiving unimaginable torture and brutality, was the leader of prisoner resistance.  His created and helped enforce a code of conduct for all prisoners which governed torture, secret communications, and behavior.  He persisted in resisting even to the point of self-inflected injuries so that he would not used for propaganda.  His wife supported him throughout: raising their sons, starting The League of American Families of POWs and MIAs, even putting pressure on the Vietnamese.  Jim believes that this work helped keep him alive.  A powerful story of a remarkable couple who truly loved each other and their country.