In Love and War (1987)

In Love and War (1987) is a Vietnam war-based thriller/drama television film starring James Woods and Jane Alexander. It was directed by Paul Aaron. The film is based on the true story of James Stockdale and Sybil Stockdale. James Stockdale, a highest-ranking naval officer, was held as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, whilst Sybil Stockdale became a co-founder, and then later served as the national coordinator of the National League of Families, a nonprofit organization that worked on behalf of American Vietnam-era Missing in Action and Prisoner of War Families. The film's screenplay was written by Carol Schreder, who was also one of the film's producers. The screenplay was based on the book In Love and War: The Story of a Family's Ordeal and Sacrifice During the Vietnam Years, which was written by James and Sybil Stockdale themselves.

The film's production companies were Carol Schneider Productions and Tisch/Avnet Productions Inc.



^ Stockdale, James; Sybil Stockdale (1990) [1984]. In Love and War: the Story of a Family's Ordeal and Sacrifice During the Vietnam War. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-308-3.

^ "In Love and War: The Story of a Family's Ordeal and Sacrifice During the Vietnam Years: Amazon.co.uk: Jim Stockdale, Sybil Stockdale: Books". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-01-04.

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Synopsis

In Love and War is an account of US Navy Commander James Stockdale's eight year imprisonment in North Vietnam as a prisoner of war. During his confinement in sub-human living conditions within such camps as the infamous "Hanoi Hilton", Stockdale, amongst other American prisoners, led a resistance group against the North Vietnamese, facing torture, isolation, and starvation in attempts to break their wills. Meanwhile back in America, Stockdale's wife, Sybil, begins working with other POW wives to try to get information on their husbands and to inform the world on their treatment.

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