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Article: Heart of a Patriot, How I Found the Courage to Survive Vietnam, Walter Reed and Karl Rove.(Brief article)(Book review)
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- December 1, 2009
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Heart of a Patriot, How I Found the Courage to Survive Vietnam, Walter Reed and Karl Rove, by Max Cleland with Ben Raines, Simon and Schuster, 2009
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BY ANY MEASURE, Max Cleland has lived a life full of pain and agony at a level endured by few. Conversely, Max Cleland has attained levels of success and accomplishment few could imagine reaching.
He was down, and nearly out, after an accidental grenade wounding in Vietnam in 1968 left him with one limb remaining. He was up, in a three-decade long political career that saw him win elections to Georgia state offices, lead the Veterans Administration at the tender age of 34 and ...