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About Face: The Odyssey of an American Warrior
912Overview
Whether he was fifteen years old or forty, David Hackworth devoted his life to the US Army and quickly became a living legend. However, he appeared on TV in 1971 to decry the doomed war effort in Vietnam.
From Korea to Berlin and the Cuban missile crisis to Vietnam, Hackworth’s story is that of an exemplary patriot, played against the backdrop of the changing fortunes of America and the US military. This memoir is the stunning indictment of the Pentagon’s fundamental misunderstanding of the Vietnam conflict and of the bureaucracy of self-interest that fueled the war. With About Face, Hackworth has written what many Vietnam veterans have called the most important book of their generation and presents a vivid and powerful portrait of patriotism.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781982144043 |
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Publisher: | Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster |
Publication date: | 09/29/2020 |
Edition description: | Reissue |
Pages: | 912 |
Sales rank: | 11,788 |
Product dimensions: | 6.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.60(d) |
About the Author
Jocko Willink is author of Extreme Ownership, a decorated retired Navy SEAL officer, and cofounder of Echelon Front, where he is a leadership instructor, speaker, and executive coach. Jocko spent twenty years in the US Navy SEAL Teams, starting as an enlisted SEAL and rising through the ranks to become a SEAL officer. Jocko returned from Iraq to serve as Officer-in-Charge of training for all West Coast SEAL Teams. During his career, Jocko was awarded the Silver Star, the Bronze Star, and numerous other personal and unit awards. In 2010, Jocko retired from the Navy and launched Echelon Front where he teaches the leadership principles he learned on the battlefield. Jocko is also the author of the children’s book Way of the Warrior Kid and the New York Times bestseller Discipline Equals Freedom.
Table of Contents
Maps ix
Foreword Jocko Willink xiii
Authors' Note 9
Introduction Ward Just 13
I
1 6 February 1951 23
2 Brown Shoes 32
3 Hit and Run 48
4 The Wolfhounds 59
5 By the Direction of the President 113
6 The Only Game in Town 144
7 Hill 400 178
8 They Don't Have Cobwebs in Korea 201
9 Don't Look Back 224
10 Black Shoes 286
11 This Ain't the Army, Mr. Jones 334
12 The Vanguards 358
II
13 Screaming Eagles 427
14 Tim's Traveling Trouble 461
15 The Year of the Horse 500
16 Box Seat 547
17 Corporate Headquarters 587
18 Death Row 625
19 Hardcore 646
20 Born to Lose 707
21 A Law Unto Himself 739
22 "Issues and Answers" 775
23 A Handful of Ashes 784
Epilogue 811
Appendix 835
Notes 837
Glossary 841
Index 849