Bob Dole: One Soldier's Story

Posted on April 11, 2005

Former Senate Majority Leader and decorated veteran of World War II Bob Dole returns to enemy territory in his new book, One Soldier's Story (HarperCollins), which goes on sale tomorrow. Senator Dole, who served in Congress for 35 years and was a Republican presidential nominee who ran against Bill Clinton, talks at length about his horrific injuries in the war and the difficult recovery that followed. The Houston Chronicle reports:

"The book is about me, but it's really about our generation," the 81-year-old Dole said. "What happened to me happened to thousands of others � and it's, of course, happened since."
Near the end of his book, Dole writes: "Why did this happen to me? Why just a few days before the war ended? It's taken me 60 years to come to grips with the toughest questions of life, and in some small way, this book is my answer."
He hopes readers find some inspiration. "Others might take some comfort in the fact that you can be down one day and up the next," he said.

The book has very good buzz and Senator Dole is beginning a book tour this week.