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About Face: The Odyssey of an American Warrior
About Face The Odyssey of an American Warrior Author:David H. Hackworth Colonel David H. Hackworth was the youngest full colonel in Vietnam and one of America's most decorated soldiers. From age fifteen to forty David Hackworth devoted himself to the U.S. Army and he fast became a living legend. In 1971, however, he appeared on television to decry the doomed war effort in Vietnam. Now, he has written this book m... more »any Vietnam veterans have called the most important book of their generation.
From Korea to Berlin, from the Cuban missile crisis to Vietnam, Hackworth's story is that of an exemplary patriot, played out against the backdrop of the changing fortunes of America and the American military. It is also a stunning indictment--of the Pentagon's fundamental misunderstanding of the Vietnam conflict, and the bureaucracy and self-interest that fueled the lost war.« less