Peter Maslowski
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
618 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
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. This book extracts the real Joe Hooper...
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
3rd ed., Free Press trade pbk. ed.
Physical Desc
xviii, 714 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Examines the nation's pluralistic military institutions in both peace and war, the tangled civil-military relations that created the country's commitment to civilian control of the military, the Armed Forces' increasing nationalization and professionalization, and America's growing reliance on sophisticated technologies spawned by the Industrial Revolution and the Computer and Information Ages. This edition is also a timely reminder that vigilance...