▁helped ▁by ▁Ron ald ▁Re agan ' s ▁lands lide ▁victory . ▁In ▁their ▁third ▁consecutive ▁meeting ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 6 ▁Hend on ▁lost ▁to ▁Clar ke ▁by ▁one ▁percentage ▁point . ▁Despite ▁being ▁encourag ed ▁to ▁run ▁against ▁Clar ke ▁for ▁a ▁fourth ▁time ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 8 , ▁Hend on ▁decl ined . ▁ ▁Post - polit ical ▁career ▁ ▁His ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁best s eller , ▁An ▁En orm ous ▁Crime , ▁co - written ▁with ▁att orney ▁Elizabeth ▁Stewart , ▁arg ues ▁that ▁American ▁soldiers ▁were ▁abandoned ▁in ▁Ind och ina ▁following ▁the ▁Vietnam ▁War . ▁In ▁its ▁review , ▁Publish ers ▁Week ly ▁stated , ▁" cont ro vers ial ▁former ▁North ▁Carolina ▁con gress man ▁Hend on ▁and ▁att orney ▁Stewart ▁make ▁the ▁case ▁that ▁the ▁U . S . ▁know ingly ▁left ▁hundreds ▁of ▁P OW s ▁in ▁Vietnam ▁and ▁La os ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 3 , ▁and ▁that ▁every ▁president ial ▁administration ▁since ▁then ▁has ▁covered ▁it ▁up .” ▁Kirk us ▁Re views ▁called ▁it ▁“ a ▁spraw ling ▁ind ict ment ▁of ▁eight ▁U . S . ▁Administr ations . … ▁A ▁convin cing , ▁ur gent ▁argument .” ▁ ▁One ▁day ▁prior ▁to ▁the ▁release ▁of ▁An ▁En orm ous ▁Crime , ▁The ▁R ale igh ▁News ▁& ▁Ob server ▁ran ▁a ▁story ▁about ▁a ▁passage ▁in ▁Douglas ▁Br ink ley ' s ▁The ▁Re agan ▁Di aries , ▁where in