Cost to Freedom

From a tiny boat fleeing Vietnam to the 1992 Los Angeles riots and then back to Vietnam again, this time in a prison cell, Cong T. Do has cheated death four times in his life. Despite this, his is not a life spent dwelling on death.After building a life from nothing, creating a business from the ground up, and earning both a BS and MBA, he travels back to Vietnam to fight for American values, at the cost of his liberty. His bravery and 38-day hunger strike results in an invitation to the White House from George W. Bush.A memoir of both personal accomplishment and the enduring human spirit, The Cost to Freedom examines one mans journey