About Face, David H. Hackworth
About Face, David H. Hackworth
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About Face
The Odyssey of an American Warrior

Author: David H. Hackworth, Julie Sherman

Narrator: John Pruden

Unabridged: 40 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/02/2019

Synopsis

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.

About David H. Hackworth

After a twenty-five-year military career and 110 medals, Colonel David H. Hackworth chose a life of self-imposed exile in Australia for eighteen years before returning to the United States in 1989. He is the author of three other books, Hazardous Duty, The Price of Honor, and Steel My Soldiers’ Hearts. He died in 2005.

About John Pruden

John Pruden is a professional voice actor who records audiobooks, corporate and online training narrations, animation and video game characters, and radio and TV commercials. His exposure to many people, places, and experiences throughout his life-from his wide array of jobs early in life; to his Army service as a UH-60 Black Hawk assault helicopter pilot; to his travels through forty-four U.S. states, South America, Europe, and Asia; to his experience in professional improv and competitive singing-provides a solid creative foundation from which to draw for his intelligent audiobook narrations and gritty but sensitive vocal characterizations. An AudioFile Earphones Award winner, John's audiobooks include The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt, which was chosen by the Washington Post as the best audiobook of 2011.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sweetwilliam on January 21, 2022

I remember watching Colonel Hackworth's colorful reports from the battlefield during the First Gulf War. I hadn't given his book more than a second thought until a friend of mine from Brazil started reading it last December. My friend, Paulo, told me that his hero, Navy Seal Jocko Willink, recommend......more

Goodreads review by John on November 06, 2011

After selling over one million copies of "About Face", who among us can truly judge the depth of this man's impact on our military and on our society? Possessed of a warrior's DNA, this fighter walked away from the Army frustrated and disillusioned about our conduct in the Vietnam War. Make no mista......more

Goodreads review by Preston on September 12, 2012

This book contains some of the best first-person accounts of combat from the Korean War and the Vietnam War that I have read anywhere. Col. Hackworth, who was America's most decorated living soldier until his death in 2005, also explains in the book what went wrong with the U.S. military establishme......more

Goodreads review by Cordell on July 10, 2008

Excellent!!! Few people alive now understand war the way this Hero did. Should be required reading for all senators and congressman and the president of the U.S. Going to war with any intention other than winning decisively and as quickly as possible is just another way to get kids killed. Im a comb......more

Goodreads review by Michael on January 23, 2022

About Face is Hackworth's first book, the one he really wanted to write, and a damn fine memoir about loving the Army, building a career, and then burning it to the ground after decades of systemic betrayals. Hackworth grew up as an orphan in California, and lied about his age to join the Army in 19......more

Quotes

“A daydream of battlefield glory come true.” New York Times

“Starling and important insights on American Values in war and peace.” San Francisco Chronicle

“Honest, extremely intelligent, and perhaps the best military leader this country has had since Patton.” Philadelphia Inquirer

“The engrossing autobiography of a fierce and fiercely outspoken warrior.” Publishers Weekly

“America’s most decorated living soldier tells his life story in formidable detail with outstanding battlefield realism. Colonel Hackworth left the Army and went into exile over the conduct of the Vietnam War…Earnest and self-revealing…A rousing good book which will be useful to military professionals as well.” Library Journal

“An exceptional warrior…A warrior’s heart.” Washington Post Book World

Awards

  • New York Times bestseller
  • Military Book Club
  • Amazon.com bestseller
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