Looking for a Hero
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Looking for a Hero

Staff Sergeant Joe Ronnie Hooper and the Vietnam War

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Looking for a Hero

Staff Sergeant Joe Ronnie Hooper and the Vietnam War

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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, 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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Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Year
2020
ISBN
9781496228031
Topic
History
Subtopic
Vietnam War
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Half Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Prologue
  7. Chapter 1
  8. Chapter 2
  9. Chapter 3
  10. Chapter 4
  11. Chapter 5
  12. Chapter 6
  13. Chapter 7
  14. Chapter 8
  15. Chapter 9
  16. Chapter 10
  17. Chapter 11
  18. Chapter 12
  19. Chapter 13
  20. Chapter 14
  21. Epilogue
  22. Appendix. Joe Ronnie Hooper’s Medals
  23. Acknowledgments
  24. A Few Words Concerning the Text
  25. Abbreviations and Acronyms
  26. Notes
  27. Bibliographic Essay
  28. Index
  29. Illustrations