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About Face
David H. Hackworth
Julie Sherman
其他書名
The Odyssey of an American Warrior
出版
Simon and Schuster
, 1990-04-15
主題
Biography & Autobiography / General
Biography & Autobiography / Historical
Biography & Autobiography / Military
History / Wars & Conflicts / Vietnam War
History / Military / United States
History / Modern / 20th Century / General
ISBN
0671695347
9780671695347
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=H2ofpCdu4boC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
Called “everything a twentieth century war memoir could possibly be” by
The New York Times,
this national bestseller by Colonel David H. Hackworth presents a vivid and powerful portrait of a life of patriotism.
From age fifteen to forty David Hackworth devoted himself to the US Army and fast became a living legend. In 1971, however, he appeared on television to decry the doomed war effort in Vietnam. With
About Face
, he has written what many 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 of the bureaucracy of self-interest that fueled the war.