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"Classic and timeless."--"New York Times" "Ron Kovic is one of the premier voices of a generation. The large irony of his birthday provides the background for a journey which begins with the unquestioning service in Vietnam, his terrible wounding with all the anger and bitterness that follows, and ends with his passionate discovery of a large and all-too-human heart."--Larry Heinemann, author of "Paco's Story" "There is no book more relevant in the twenty-first century to healing the wound of Vietnam, which continues to bring so much pain to our country. . . . It remains to Kovic to remind us that history matters, and that the cost of our high follies persists."--Robert Scheer, editor-in-chief of"Truthdig" "Ron Kovic's terrible tragedy is America's."--"Los Angeles Times" "Ron Kovic has returned from the dead and given us an honest, unrefined account of his struggle."--"Washington Post" With a new foreword by Bruce Springsteen. This "New York Times" best seller (more than one million copies sold), presented here in a special fortieth-anniversary edition with a brand-new foreword by Bruce Springsteen, details the author's life story (portrayed by Tom Cruise in the Oliver Stone film)--from a patriotic soldier in Vietnam, to his severe battlefield injury, to his role as the country's most outspoken antiVietnam War advocate, spreading his message from his wheelchair."