Max Cleland

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About The Author

Max Cleland is a Vietnam War veteran and former U.S. Senator from Georgia who has served as the head of the Veterans Administration and on the 9/11 Commission. He became Secretary of the American Battle Monuments Commission in 2009.

Books by Max Cleland

Heart of a Patriot

How I Found the Courage to Survive Vietnam, Walter Reed and Karl Rove

By Max Cleland
With Ben Raines
By the time he had reached middle age, Max Cleland thought he had nothing to live for. Vietnam had left him a triple amputee. He had lost his seat in the U.S. Senate, and in the grip of depression he had lost his fiancée, too. But instead of giving up, Cleland discovered that he has what it takes...
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