Looking For A Hero: Staff Sergeant Joe Ronnie Hooper And The Vietnam War: Inscribed

Maslowski, Peter; Winslow, Don

ISBN 10: 0803232446 / ISBN 13: 9780803232440

Edité par University of Nebraska Press, U.S.A., 2005

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An Excellent Copy - Signed To Rick - Thanks For The Great Questions & Making The Point By Don Winslow In Silver On The Title Page. A First Edition, First Printing. Book Is In Near Fine Condition. Boards Are Clean, Not Bumped. Fore Edges Have A Tiny Bit Of Shelf Wear. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Near Fine Condition. Not Chipped Or Crinkled. Is Price Clipped. Dust Jacket Is Covered By Mylar Brodart. Thanks And Enjoy. N° de réf. du vendeur 017530

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Titre : Looking For A Hero: Staff Sergeant Joe ...

Éditeur : University of Nebraska Press, U.S.A.

Date d'édition : 2005

Reliure : Hardcover

Etat : Near Fine

Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine

Signé : Inscribed by Author(s)

Edition : 1ST.

Type de livre : Book

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Synopsis :

Widely acclaimed as the Vietnam War's most highly decorated soldier, Joe Ronnie Hooper in many ways serves as a symbol for that conflict. His troubled, tempestuous life paralleled the upheavals in American society during the 1960s and 1970s, and his desperate quest to prove his manhood was uncomfortably akin to the macho image projected by three successive presidents in their "tough" policy in Southeast Asia. Looking for a Hero extracts the real Joe Hooper from the welter of lies and myths that swirl around his story; in doing so, the book uncovers not only the complicated truth about an American hero but also the story of how Hooper's war was lost in Vietnam, not at home.

Extensive interviews with friends, fellow soldiers, and family members reveal Hooper as a complex, gifted, and disturbed man. They also expose the flaws in his most famous and treasured accomplishment: earning the Medal of Honor. In the distortions, half-truths, and outright lies that mar Hooper's medal of honor file, authors Peter Maslowski and Don Winslow find a painful reflection of the army's inability to be honest with itself and the American public, with all the dire consequences that this dishonesty ultimately entailed. In the inextricably linked stories of Hooper and the Vietnam War, the nature of that deceit, and of America's defeat, becomes clear.

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Peter Maslowski is a professor of history at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and the author of several books, including Armed with Cameras: The American Military Photographers of World War II and (with Allan R. Millett) For the Common Defense: A Military History of the United States of America. Don Winslow is the best-selling author of, among other works, A Cool Breeze on the Underground, which received an Edgar nomination for best first novel.