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Drawing 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 Steel My Soldiers' Hearts, Hackworth places the brotherhood of the 4\/39th into the pantheon of our nation's most heroic military warriors.\u003c\/p\u003e\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. 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