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===Cold War=== {{external media | width = 210px | float = left | headerimage= | video1 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?7378-1/face-odyssey-american-warrior ''Booknotes'' interview with Hackworth on ''About Face'', May 7, 1989], [[C-SPAN]]}} Hackworth was demobilized after the [[Korean Armistice Agreement]] in 1954. But he quickly became bored with civilian life, so after two years of college he re-joined the U.S. Army as a captain in 1956. When Hackworth returned to active duty, the [[Cold War]] substantially changed the structure of the army from what he had known. Initially posted to 77th [[Anti-aircraft warfare|Antiaircraft Artillery]] [[Battalion]] in [[Manhattan Beach, California]], Hackworth was eventually assigned to [[Germany]], initially in staff roles, but returning to [[infantry]] in the early 1960s as a company commander under Colonel Glover S. Johns. He was involved in a number of fire drills around the [[Berlin Crisis of 1961]]. He recounted his experiences with the Soviet guard and his views on military history in his book ''About Face''. After completing an [[associate of arts]] degree at [[Los Angeles Harbor College]],<ref>Hackworth pp. 324β25</ref> and completing additional courses at several other colleges, in 1964, Hackworth graduated from [[Austin Peay State University]] with a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree in [[history]], after which he attended the [[United States Army Command and General Staff College|Command and General Staff College]].<ref>Hackworth pp. 448β49</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.apsu.edu/news/author-columnist-commentator-david-hackworth-speak-june-5|title=Author, columnist, commentator David Hackworth to speak June 5|publisher=[[Austin Peay State University]]|access-date=April 5, 2013|archive-date=October 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151011232633/http://www.apsu.edu/news/author-columnist-commentator-david-hackworth-speak-june-5}}, May 20, 2002</ref>
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