Looking for a Hero Staff Sergeant Joe Ronnie Hooper and the Vietnam War |
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| Author:
| Maslowski, Peter
Winslow, Don |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8032-2493-3 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2009 |
| Publisher: | University of Nebraska Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $36.30 |
Book Description:
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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. Looking for a Hero extracts the real Joe Hooper from the welter of lies and myths that swirl around his story.
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. Looking for a Hero extracts the real Joe Hooper from the welter of lies and myths that swirl around his story.