Hussey's memior begins with a letter to his son, Gregory written a few weeks before his first deployment to Iraq as a officer in the U.S. Army. Hussey flew to Ft. Hood, Texas to be with his son, meet his commanding officers, attend the briefing sessions, and meet the other soldiers as they prepared for the long journey to the deadly Anbar Province of western Iraq. Hussey handed his letter to his son as he exited the barracks for the short bus ride to the flight line. "I wanted to share my life, my growing-up years, with my son because I feared I may never see him again." Hussey's letter details a story of a young boy growing up in relentless poverty and abuse. "There were stories from my childhood that I had never shared with him, and he never asked. Hussey left high school to find work and support his mother and younger brother. His brother suffered continuously from bleeding episodes resulting from his being born a hemophiliac. In 1965, after serving four years in the U.S. Air Force, Hussey was faced with the greatest series of challenges one could imagine. How he managed to navigate through that period has come to define him. This is a story of triumph over disaster...an unflinchingly honest memoir of a man with uncommon character who outwitted the odds to bring home his "ticket to ride.
In the pursuit of power, man often sows the seeds of his own destruction. It isn't by chance. It's fueled by ego and driven by man's inherent desire to exercise power over others. Once the basics of food, shelter, and the means to defend no longer play a dominant role, man focuses his attention in the pursuit of power. It becomes the main attraction-the intoxicant. The question then becomes, "where are the limits, and to what end?" When hubris drives the man, consideration for others is often marginalized. As this mindset gathers momentum, he consciously ventures beyond his rational self to a place known to but a few. Ambition becomes the abiding master. It is across this threshold that greed takes hold, evolving into a deadly playground...a playground of tyrants. The reader will be blindsided by a series of unexpected events driven by nuclear emissions, hell-fires, mayhem and extortion, all woven together in a fearful tale of evil on a grand scale.
Throughout long profiles and conversations--ranging from 1982 to 2001--the renowned author makes clear his distinctions between historical fact and his own creative leaps
Hussey's memior begins with a letter to his son, Gregory written a few weeks before his first deployment to Iraq as a officer in the U.S. Army. Hussey flew to Ft. Hood, Texas to be with his son, meet his commanding officers, attend the briefing sessions, and meet the other soldiers as they prepared for the long journey to the deadly Anbar Province of western Iraq. Hussey handed his letter to his son as he exited the barracks for the short bus ride to the flight line. "I wanted to share my life, my growing-up years, with my son because I feared I may never see him again." Hussey's letter details a story of a young boy growing up in relentless poverty and abuse. "There were stories from my childhood that I had never shared with him, and he never asked. Hussey left high school to find work and support his mother and younger brother. His brother suffered continuously from bleeding episodes resulting from his being born a hemophiliac. In 1965, after serving four years in the U.S. Air Force, Hussey was faced with the greatest series of challenges one could imagine. How he managed to navigate through that period has come to define him. This is a story of triumph over disaster...an unflinchingly honest memoir of a man with uncommon character who outwitted the odds to bring home his "ticket to ride.
Don McNay is a best-selling author, Huffington Post contributor and was an award winning syndicated columnist from 2003 to 2013. He is based in Kentucky and Greater New Orleans. This is a collection of his most highly acclaimed columns and short pieces. www.donmcnay.com
If you enjoyed the previous volumes then I suspect you will enjoy this one as well. A little political, a little love, a little of my life and little of yours maybe. The first couple of volumes heavy on my life and experience's. More and more I am able to apply my experience to different situation's for love and life that is not my own but just poems about love and life. But no worries I promise there are still many a story of Mr. Hooker's life past and of some of the new adventures here in the Columbia Gorge.
I truly thought my reports and journals might be of interest to GM to be used as a training tool for new officers. But the idea was rejected due to security personnel being hired by outside agencies. So I put it in book form. Some will find it degrading and others may find it interesting. Most have no idea what takes place in a manufacturing plant, (up to now). Whichever, category you fall into I'm sure you'll feel you got your money's worth." Enjoy, Don Montie
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