Fewer Americans were captured or missing during the Vietnam War than in any previous major military conflict in U.S. history. Yet despite their small numbers, American POWs inspired an outpouring of concern that slowly eroded support for the war. Michael J. Allen reveals how wartime loss transformed U.S. politics well before, and long after, the war's official end. Throughout the war's last years and in the decades since, Allen argues, the effort to recover lost warriors was as much a means to establish responsibility for their loss as it was a search for answers about their fate. Though millions of Americans and Vietnamese took part in that effort, POW and MIA families and activists dominated it. Insisting that the war was not over "until the last man comes home," this small, determined group turned the unprecedented accounting effort against those they blamed for their suffering. Allen demonstrates that POW/MIA activism prolonged the hostility between the United States and Vietnam even as the search for the missing became the basis for closer ties between the two countries in the 1990s. Equally important, he explains, POW/MIA families' disdain for the antiwar left and contempt for federal authority fueled the conservative ascendancy after 1968. Mixing political, cultural, and diplomatic history, Until the Last Man Comes Home presents the full and lasting impact of the Vietnam War in ways that are both familiar and surprising.

Humanity is at risk... The fallen angels are up to something. Has she stumbled upon a plot to end the world? Quayla made a mistake and people died. It's not easy being an elemental phoenix trying to save humanity. There are rules to follow. Her boss, Vitae, doesn't like her and she has no idea why. Could he really want her dead? Detective Foxner has just caught a bizarre case. The bodies go missing and she's determined to figure out who's behind it. One clue leads to another and she's thrust into a world she can't believe exists. Reality on earth isn't what she thought. Hell wants control of mankind... The angels can't be trusted to stop their brethren... You'll love this amazing, must-read adventure because who doesn't love an underdog who's got bigger problems than death? Get it now.

​Two weeks of freedom hasn’t been enough for Eli to rebuild his life. While he races to prepare for looming winter, a killer’s crusade to exterminate Seufert Fells’s homeless drives a knife into the city’s criminal elite. Forced to hunt a killer disguised by magic, Eli’s world becomes a house of mirrors. Friends become enemies. Deceptions abound, and the magic that saved Eli threatens to consume him. ​With the serial killer targeting everything ​he ​loves, even new dumpstermancer ​ spells might not be enough. Eli may have to protect his worst enemy to defeat a killing machine with a thousand faces.

Forensic document examination is a long established specialty and its practitioners have regularly been shown to have acquired skills that enable them to assist the judicial process. This book, aimed primarily at students studying forensic science and document examination in particular, introduces all of the essential ideas that are to be found in the work of the forensic document examiner in a concise and straightforward way. Each examination type is described not only in terms of its procedural basis but also the science and reasoning that underpins it. The reader will be able to relate the different kinds of interpretation skills used by the document examiner to those used in other forensic disciplines. This book will be an invaluable text for all students taking courses in Forensic Science or related subjects. The book will also be a useful reference for researchers new to this field or practitioners looking for an accessible overview. The author will be adding new references that are relevant as they are published and some more worked examples from time to time. Please visit qdbook.blogspot.co.uk for more details.

Past Mistakes Never Stop Haunting... A dark spell enslaves the phoenixes. Dunham unleashes their elemental powers against those who murdered his family while the deposed Wyldfae Queen uses them to lure even bigger prey. Vitae's desperate crusade to save Mare takes a darker turn, putting him at odds with Quayla. With Quayla on the run and Vitae setting up his own kingdom, the Sidhe turn Atlanta into a bloody playground. An unexpected ally emerges to help Quayla's fight for freedom, and a betrayal brings Vitae face to face with the Sidhe royals. With the phoenixes pitted against one another and True Death a certainty, can Atlanta's dwindling Shield prevent the Sidhe from devouring mankind?

Atlanta's protectors are dying... A new enemy has stolen the phoenixes' immortality. Would one mortal really condemn millions just for revenge? A past but never forgotten mistake returns to haunt Quayla. Hiding a secret war is difficult enough without a madman stealing mortals she loves. It's a trap. Knowing doesn't change the rules and surrender might save the day. Could the detective hunting Quayla be her salvation? The Fallen fooled Vitae and cost a phoenix her soul. An agent of chaos replaces his slain love. Beloved become betrayers. Everything is crumbling. Whispers and nightmares demand order be restored. There is an answer...if Vitae has the will. Madness is only misunderstood genius... And forbidden paths cannot seduce the righteous... You'll love this spine-tingling sequel because every victory brings you one step closer to the end... Get it now.

Books 1 and 2 of the Completed Angel War Urban Fantasy series by USA Today Bestselling Author Michael J Allen. Not every phoenix is reborn from ashes. Book 1: Ashes of Raging Water When the angels could no longer be trusted, Heaven created her. The Fey invade the modern world, offering wishes to anyone willing to pay. In their latest alluring and innocuous guise, hell’s spawn seduces mankind one soul at a time. With Heaven’s angels no longer trusted to police their brothers, the Phoenix Shields are created. Quayla, one of Heaven’s new elemental shapeshifters, protects Atlanta from the Fallen Fey. Daunted by fighting a hidden war while paying her bills and juggling a relationship, she struggles to save the city from a threat no one else believes exists. But first, she’ll have to live down a mistake that murdered countless mortals and convince her boss not to execute her for past wrongs. Can our young, untrained water phoenix prove him wrong before it’s too late? You'll love this amazing, must-read adventure because who doesn't love an underdog who's got bigger problems than death? Book 2: Ruled by Tainted Blood Heartache Can Pave the Darkest Paths... All was well until our new water phoenix came. Aquaylae brought the faerie war to Atlanta’s streets. She is an agent of chaos, and she needs to be destroyed. I’ve found a way to make it right. A whisper from the past offers hope, but at a cost few others are willing to pay. To reclaim order, I must embrace madness. I must pollute my being with faerie essence and usurp their magic. I alone am suited to wield such power—the Shieldheart, the blood phoenix. To save Mare, to protect Atlanta, to destroy Aquaylae…no price is too high, not even my soul… Reading order: 1) Ashes of Raging Water (Included) 2) Ruled by Tainted Blood (Included) 3) Vengeful are the Drowned 4) Rise of the Exiled Lady 5) Razing the Last Bastion

The Ripples of One Selfish Mistake Could Drown the World... A phoenix has fallen, forever destroyed by the drowned druid's fury. Blinded by his obsession, Dunham unleashes his enslaved phoenixes against Quayla. The spectacular assault reveals the faeries to mankind, endangering the Exiled Lady's campaign to reclaim her throne. Desperate, Viviane trades one monster for another, offering Vitae his heart's desire. Terror and blood run rampant throughout Creation. Giggling faeries sell supernatural powers to murderers and madmen, reveling in the mayhem while mortal authorities struggle to contain the carnage. Alone and outmatched, Quayla must return to where her mistake launched their pending destruction. But will facing her demons strengthen her enough to save Atlanta or destroy her once and for all.

No one challenges the Voidrunners. No one robs their Rails. No one can beat their AI. Not until desperation forces one young man and his friends to defy the impossible. A motley crew of asteroid miners stage a hack on an FTL ship accelerator in a desperate act of piracy. Fate turns against them even before the heist begins. Reeling from complications, they raid the luxury liner caught in their trap only to face graver dangers...like betrayal.

Nightmares plague a cabin boy in a lone ship crossing the Indian Ocean. Cold and storms stalk the ship. Sailors whisper of pirates, monsters, and haunted derelicts, Surviving the truth might mean facing more than the storm.