{"product_id":"courage-under-fire","title":"Courage Under Fire","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn September 1965, US Navy pilot James Bond Stockdale was shot down over North Vietnam and became a prisoner of war. What followed was an eight-year test of ancient Stoic philosophy under the most extreme conditions imaginable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCourage Under Fire\u003c\/i\u003e is Stockdale's account of how the teachings of the Greek philosopher Epictetus--a former slave who had known suffering--sustained him as he led his fellow prisoners through systematic torture, years of solitary confinement, and psychological warfare designed to break their will.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduced to Stoicism as a graduate student at Stanford University, Stockdale brought its lessons to the \"Hanoi Hilton\" and its hundreds of POWs as a manual for survival under extreme pressure. Epictetus taught that although we cannot control external events, we maintain absolute power over our judgments, opinions, and will.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis rare firsthand account from the highest-ranking officer held in the Hanoi prison system demonstrates leadership in impossible circumstances.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStockdale shows how he and his fellow prisoners developed clandestine communications and resistance tactics, and how he convinced men to accept further torture rather than compromise their principles.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStockdale provides timeless wisdom on resilience, dignity, and maintaining one's humanity in the face of systematic cruelty.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, \u003ci\u003eCourage Under Fire\u003c\/i\u003e bridges ancient wisdom and modern crisis. Originally delivered in 1993 as a lecture at King's College, London, it remains the definitive account of Stoicism tested in what Stockdale called his \"laboratory of human behavior.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hoover Institution Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45787444707375,"sku":"9780817936921","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/2855\/6847\/files\/imageloader_49365d82-05af-4c8b-ae16-c0aa381ce578.jpg?v=1786148435","url":"https:\/\/tssbooks.com\/products\/courage-under-fire","provider":"tssbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}