Aid And Comfort: Jane Fonda In North Vietnam; Author: Holzer, Henry Mark; Introduction: Day, George Bud; Hardback; Book

Author: Holzer, Henry Mark; Introduction: Day, George Bud
Hardback; Book; Illustrations, Notes, Bibliography, Index
192 pages
Published: May 2002
McFarland & Company, Inc.
ISBN: 078641247X

This work investigates Fonda's activities in North Vietnam and argues that she could have been indicted for treason, that there would have been enough evidence to take the case to a jury, that she could have been convicted, and that a conviction probably would have been upheld on appeal.It also considers Fonda's early life and the effect it had on her behavior and beliefs in her later years, her audience of American POWS who were forced by the Vietnamese to listen to her broadcasts condemning them as war criminals, her arrival in Vietnam and how it was viewed by American servicemen and civilians, the crime of treason throughout history, and the only Congressional inquiry into her actions, which resulted in the government's decision to take no legal action against her. Texts ofThis work investigates Jane Fonda's activities in North Vietnam and argues that she could have been indicted for treason, that there would have been enough evidence to take the case to a jury, that she could have been convicted and that a conviction probably would have been upheld on appeal.