{"product_id":"steel-my-soldiers-hearts-the-hopeless-to-hardcore-transformation-of-u-s-army-4th-battalion-39th-infantry-vietnam-paperback","title":"Steel My Soldiers' Hearts: The Hopeless to Hardcore Transformation of U.S. Army, 4th Battalion, 39th Infantry, Vietnam - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid H. Hackworth\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn January 1969, one of the most promising young lieutenant colonels the US Army had ever seen touched down in Vietnam for his second tour of duty, which would turn out to be his most daring and legendary.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDavid H. Hackworth had just completed the writing of a tactical handbook for the Pentagon, and now he had been ordered to put his counterguerilla-fighting theories into action. He was given the morale-drained 4\/39th--a battalion of poorly led draftees suffering the Army's highest casualty rate and considered its worst fighting battalion. Hackworth's hard-nosed, inventive and inspired leadership quickly turned the 4\/39th into Vietnam's valiant and ferocious Hardcore Recondos. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on interviews with soldiers from the Hardcore Battalion conducted over the past decade by his partner and coauthor, Eilhys England, Hackworth takes readers along on their sniper missions, ambush actions, helicopter strikes and inside the quagmire of command politics. With \u003ci\u003eSteel My Soldiers' Hearts, \u003c\/i\u003eHackworth places the brotherhood of the 4\/39th into the pantheon of our nation's most heroic warriors.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid H. Hackworth (Col., U.S. Army, Ret.) spent almost five years of combat duty in Vietnam, as well as twenty-five years in the service of our nation's defense. His previous two nonfiction books, \"About Face\" (available from Touchstone) and \"Hazardous Duty, \" and his novel, \"The Price of Honor, \"\"The Price of Honor, \" were national bestsellers. Eilhys England produces feature films and writes with her partner and husband, David Hackworth. They live in Connecticut and Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.17 x 8.46 x 5.58 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 06, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978559521069,"sku":"9780743246132","price":22.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/RmtZQ2xjYkNTYnlBV0s1T1I4dHNEUT09.webp?v=1775805812","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/steel-my-soldiers-hearts-the-hopeless-to-hardcore-transformation-of-u-s-army-4th-battalion-39th-infantry-vietnam-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}