About Face - Colonel David H. Hackworth US Army Ret., Julie Sherman

Category: Autobiography & Biographies, History, Military
Language: English
Keywords: 20th Century Air Force America's Historical Inspiring Korean War Military Military & War Military Bios Thought Provoking US Army War

Written by Colonel David H. Hackworth US Army Ret., Julie Sherman
Read by John Pruden
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Published: July 2nd 2019
By: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Length: 40hrs 38mins

Called “everything a 20th-century war memoir could possibly be” by the New York Times, this national best seller by Colonel David H. Hackworth presents a vivid and powerful portrait of a life of patriotism.

From age 15 to 40, 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.

New York Times best seller. A Military Book Club Main Selection. A number-one Amazon.com best seller in Korean War Personal Narratives.