Looking for a Hero Staff Sergeant Joe Ronnie Hooper and the Vietnam War

Maslowski, Peter & Don Winslow

ISBN 10: 0803232446 / ISBN 13: 9780803232440

Edité par University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE, 2004

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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.

À propos de l?auteur: 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.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Looking for a Hero Staff Sergeant Joe Ronnie...
Éditeur : University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE
Date d'édition : 2004
Reliure : Hardcover
Etat : Good
Etat de la jaquette : Good
Signé : Signé par l'auteur
Edition : First Edition.