Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
In Hazardous Duty - a real life, nonfiction thriller set in the ruins of Bosnia and the sands of Saudi Arabia, the deadly alleys of Mogadishu and the teeming streets of Port-au-Prince - Colonel David Hackworth completes a second tour of battlefield duty, this time as a war correspondent.
In his hard-hitting, inimitable style, he tells of the sacrifices of ordinary grunts in the Balkans, the Persian Gulf, Somalia, Korea, and Haiti, and offers a tough-love critique of American military leadership, explaining America's role in new post-Cold War conflicts.
Colonel David H.
Hackworth is America's most decorated living soldier, with more than one hundred awards, including two Distinguished Service Crosses, nine Silver Stars, eight Bronze Stars for valor, and eight Purple Hearts, which he considers the most meaningful because, he says, "they can't be faked." More than any other military commentator, he has the trust and confidence of the millions of soldiers - from foreign armies as well as our own - who cheered every word of his widely acclaimed autobiography.
A wake-up call for military reform, Hazardous Duty pulls no punches in calling America's top political and military leaders to account for selling out duty, honor, and country. Colonel Hackworth returns from America's new battlefields to report that the Pentagon is wasting billions of dollars. He offers no-nonsense solutions for streamlining the military services and rationalizing their missions to confront the new face of war.
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
Previews available in: English
Subjects
Biography, Officers, Soldiers, United States, United States. Army, United states, army, biography, United states, defensesPeople
David H. HackworthPlaces
United StatesShowing 3 featured editions. View all 3 editions?
Edition | Availability |
---|---|
1
Hazardous duty: one of America's most decorated soldiers reports from the front with the truth about the U.S. military today
1997, Avon Books
in English
0380727420 9780380727421
|
cccc
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
2 |
aaaa
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
3
Hazardous duty: America's most decorated living soldier reports from the front and tells it the way it is
1996, William Morrow
in English
- 1st ed.
0688147186 9780688147181
|
eeee
|
Book Details
First Sentence
"The A-10 Warthogs were blistering an Iraqi position on a ridge about two kilometers in front of me-bombing, strafing, rocketing."
ID Numbers
Excerpts
Community Reviews (0)
Feedback?History
- Created April 29, 2008
- 7 revisions
Wikipedia citation
×CloseCopy and paste this code into your Wikipedia page. Need help?
October 24, 2011 | Edited by ImportBot | import new book |
August 5, 2010 | Edited by IdentifierBot | added LibraryThing ID |
April 24, 2010 | Edited by Open Library Bot | Fixed duplicate goodreads IDs. |
April 16, 2010 | Edited by bgimpertBot | Added goodreads ID. |
April 29, 2008 | Created by an anonymous user | Imported from amazon.com record |