{"product_id":"authorized-cruelty-9781927882917","title":"Authorized Cruelty","description":"\u003cp\u003ePatty Fielding, a USO entertainer, escapes after her camp in Vietnam is attacked during the Tet Offensive ceasefire in 1968. \"You can lose who you are here,\" her brother Christopher, stationed at Da Nang, wrote in a letter to her. Struggling to find the person he used to be, Chris got himself killed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the run from the North Vietnamese, Patty meets a group of American soldiers and relies on army regulations to save her. She soon realizes these soldiers play by different rules. They are on a top-secret mission to alter the course of the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatty returns to the USA, a possible security risk. Being a general's daughter won't save her-not when she's an anti-war protestor. Fifty years later, in 2018, when Operation Fracture Jaw is declassified and after the release of the Pentagon Papers, Patty uncovers the lies and discovers the truth. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Blue Denim Press Inc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781927882917\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.46d","brand":"Janice Barrett","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43096314839221,"sku":"9781927882917","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_93080a9d-206a-4bc2-aa55-6eac66243e07.jpg?v=1692805229","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/authorized-cruelty-9781927882917","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}