
About Face
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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.
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- Intro
- Title Page
- Maps
- Dedication
- Authors' Note
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Part I
- Chapter 1: 6 February 1951
- Chapter 2: Brown Shoes
- Chapter 3: Hit and Run
- Chapter 4: The Wolfhounds
- Chapter 5: By the Direction of the President
- Chapter 6: The Only Game in Town
- Chapter 7: Hill 400
- Chapter 8: They Don't have Cobwebs in Korea
- Chapter 9: Don't Look Back
- Chapter 10: Black Shoes
- Chapter 11: This Ain't the Army, Mr. Jones
- Chapter 12: The Vanguards
- Part II
- Chapter 13: Screaming Eagles
- Chapter 14: Tim's Traveling Trouble
- Chapter 15: The Year of the Horse
- Chapter 16: Box Seat
- Chapter 17: Corporate Headquarters
- Chapter 18: Death Row
- Chapter 19: Hardcore
- Chapter 20: Born to Lose
- Chapter 21: A Law Unto Himself
- Chapter 22: "Issues and Answers"
- Chapter 23: A Handful of Ashes
- Epilogue
- Photographs
- Appendix
- About the Author
- Glossary
- Notes
- Index
- Copyright
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