by Taylor Kiland

Moving from the sidelines to the frontlines of activism, a small group of military wives defies government rules to leave wartime diplomacy to the professionals. Speaking up about the plight of their missing and captive husbands, they successfully make the fate of their men a national priority in the 1960s. It was a time when without the signature of a spouse or father, a woman could rarely obtain a credit card, get a mortgage, or purchase a car.

Meticulously researched, Unwavering is a spellbinding page-turner. Thrusting the reader into an unfolding drama, it captures the women's tentative beginnings and the obstacles they endured during the tumult of a war unfolding on television, in nationwide antiwar protests, the Watergate scandal, and the seismic cultural upheavals taking place in America. As they take matters into their own hands, they succeed in persuading a U.S. president, Congress, the State Department, and the Pentagon to follow their lead. Simultaneously, they galvanize public support for their cause, creating a national obsession with our missing men. In doing so, they established an enduring tenet of American policy to Leave No Man Behind. Theirs is not simply a wives' tale. This is the quintessentially American story of how a group of women, once silenced and sidelined, persevered against all odds to change how America fights its wars.

Email: taylor.kiland@gmail.com
Publisher: Knox Press, 2023

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