About Face : The Odyssey of an American Warrior
de Hackworth, David H.; Sherman, Julie
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1990. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Many Vietnam veterans have called this book the most important book of their generation! A battle-scarred veteran of Korea, Hackworth served successive tours in Vietnam, becoming increasingly alarmed by declining standards in the Army and the dead-end policy in Southeast Asia. Matters came to a head during a 1971 television interview in which he criticized Army leadership, training and tactics in the field. For this the colonel was shamefully hounded into premature retirement, a potential Army superstar who was suddenly perceived as a dangerous renegade, according to this memoir written with freelancer Sherman. The engrossing autobiography of a fierce and fiercely outspoken warrior, it is also an inside account of the demoralization of a once-proud army during a period when ``no one could afford to tell the truth, make an error, or admit to ignorance.'' The colonel makes sweeping condemnations in this passionate, profane, sometimes intemperate book (admirers of military historian S.L.A. Marshall will cringe at Hackworth's savage attack). In the end he calls the army ``this rotten whore I'd been in love with for twenty years.''-Publisher's Weekly. Authentic combat leaders--the real warriors--are apt to be professional misfits, especially off the battlefield. In this book America's most decorated living soldier tells his life story in formidable detail with outstanding battlefield realism. Colonel Hackworth left the Army and went into exile over the conduct of the Vietnam War. Like all good autobiographies, his often tells more than he intended.- Library Journal. Photographs. 875 pages. Front cover and rear cover outside edge curled up. Page 814 has creases. One crease down the spine. A 7" light crease on the rear cover across the top left corner and the top left corner tip is bumped and rubbed..
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- About Face : The Odyssey of an American Warrior
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- New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1990
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- UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES BIOGRAPHY VIETNAMESE CONFLICT 1961 1975 PERSONAL NARRATIVES AUTOBIOGRAPHY MILITARY HISTORY VIETNAM WAR 0671695347
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