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.
"Looking For a Hero is an extraordinary feat of biographical
reconstruction, as well as a powerful, poignant account of a nation
at war. The tale of Joe Hooper's turbulent life and sad death
transcends the story of America's most decorated Vietnam veteran to
become a meditation about heroism, manhood, and the true cost of
combat."—Rick Atkinson, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of An Army at
Dawn
"Hooper's life presents the perfect microcosm of America's tortured
involvement in the Vietnam War. Given that America's willingness to
use military force to foster 'nation-building' and 'democracy' has
not waned since Vietnam, the relevance of that conflict—and its
heroes—remains significant."—Mark Clodfelter, author of The Limits
of Air Power: The American Bombing of North Vietnam
"I was totally caught up in the story; reading it is like watching
a train wreck in slow motion. I wish I had written this book. It is
daring and it is original."—Roger J. Spiller, George C. Marshall
Professor of Military History at the U.S. Army Command and General
Staff College
"Peter Maslowski and Don Winslow's meditation on heroism and the
Vietnam experience is a truly original book. Its protagonist is not
one of the great and good, but a humble 'grunt.' . . . Looking for
a Hero has a highly sophisticated structure that is developed with
great skill. Maslowski and Winslow bind onto Hooper's modest life a
history of the Vietnam era that assumes the form of a moral tale
and operates at a number of levels."—Times Literary Supplement
"Peter Maslowski (who co-authored with Allan R. Millett For the
Common Defense, still the best single-volume military history of
America) and best-selling author Don Winslow have produced an
exceptionally well-written journey through not only Joe Ronnie
Hooper's life, but also through America's most troubled
war."—Armchair General
“A stinging indictment of the government’s treatment of veterans of
our most recent wars.”—Vietnam Veterans of America
“The complicated truth about American hero Joe Ronnie Hooper,
widely acclaimed as the Vietnam War’s most highly decorated
soldier, is set against the turbulent backdrop of the 1960s and
1970s and draws on exclusive interviews with friends, family
members, and military colleagues, in a definitive
study.”—Forecast
“Maslowski and Hooper provide a superb account, based on personal
papers, extensive interviews, and official records, of ground
combat in Vietnam.”—Journal of Military History
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