Heart of a Patriot
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Heart of a Patriot

How I Found the Courage to Survive Vietnam, Walter Reed and Karl Rove

  1. 272 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Heart of a Patriot

How I Found the Courage to Survive Vietnam, Walter Reed and Karl Rove

About this book

By the time he had reached middle age, Max Cleland thought he had nothing to live for. Vietnam had left him a triple amputee. He had lost his seat in the U.S. Senate, and in the grip of depression he had lost his fiancée, too. But instead of giving up, Cleland discovered that he has what it takes to survive: the heart of a patriot. Doctors did not give Cleland much hope when he returned from Vietnam, but he overcame his despair through his bonds with other wounded soldiers. Against all odds, he realized his dream of becoming a Senator. But after being smeared as unpatriotic in a reelection campaign, a long-dormant case of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder sent him back to Walter Reed Hospital. Surrounded by the veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, Cleland again found the faith and endurance to regain control of his life. In a gut-wrenching memoir that is free of bitterness but frank about the costs of being a soldier, Max Cleland describes with love the ties America's soldiers forge with one another, along with the disillusionment many of them experience when they come home. Heart of a Patriot is a story about the joy of serving the country you love, no matter the cost—and how to recover from the deepest wounds of war.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword: An Open Letter To America’s Veterans
  7. 1 The Charge of the Light Brigade
  8. 2 Beginnings
  9. 3 Discovery
  10. 4 Splendor in the Grass
  11. 5 The Oval Office
  12. 6 Vietnam
  13. 7 Hanging in the Balance
  14. 8 LZ Home
  15. 9 Walter Wonderful
  16. 10 The Hopeless
  17. 11 The Candidate
  18. 12 State Senator
  19. 13 To Care For Him Who Has Borne The Battle
  20. 14 A Job For Life
  21. 15 A Splendid Misery
  22. 16 Turning Point
  23. 17 The Bush ERA
  24. 18 “We’re Going to War”
  25. 19 The Last Race
  26. 20 An Infamous Commission
  27. 21 “We Are Drowning in War”
  28. 22 Band of Brothers
  29. 23 Swift-Boated
  30. 24 A Time to Heal
  31. Acknowledgments
  32. Photo Credits