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R. D. Hooker, Jr. was a combat soldier and leader in five wars. He then served as a senior Pentagon advisor and as a White House staff member in four different administrations. At the time of his retirement from the military in 2010, he was the most decorated colonel in the US Army. Beginning with his enlistment at eighteen in 1975, this memoir chronicles his experiences in the post-Vietnam Army as a young paratrooper, as a West Point cadet, and as a combatant in the many military conflicts which followed.

"The Constitutional Rights of the Women of the United States" is an address by Isabella Beecher Hooker delivered at the International Council of Women on March 30, 1883. Isabella believed that laws to protect the rights of women had to be enacted and that the right to vote was not sufficient.

Dive into the lives of four influential figures from the 16th and 17th century in Izaak Waltons captivating collection of biographies, Lives of John Donne, Henry Wotton, Richard Hooker, George Herbert, &C. Get to know the multifaceted personas of English author and diplomat Sir Henry Wotton, Anglican priest and theologian Richard Hooker, Welsh-born poet and priest George Herbert, and the celebrated metaphysical poet John Donne. Waltons intimate and detailed portrayal of these characters, stemming from his own personal acquaintances and shared love of angling, paints complete and balanced ...

Here you can listen to Interviews that were conducted on The Getaway with Greg Hooker