What is the author's tone in the memoir, About Face?

The tone of the book is subjective. About Face is the story of Hackworth's career in the Army. He talks about his experiences and presents his views and opinions about the different issues. Hackworth presents the facts and analyzes many different situations and throughout the book, he presents his opinions. He is critical of Army policy and practices, particularly regarding training procedures. The Army, he feels, is training troops with procedures conducive for land wars in Europe and not for the environment or the situations encountered in the jungles of Vietnam. Hackworth is also critical of the required inflated body counts. The men are required to carry cards with them with the figures for battles and are supposed to count the bodies during the battles. The men also had had inferior equipment when Hackworth first had arrived there. Hackworth expresses his views about all of these issues, as well as his opinions of various people. He is honest and factual when he talks about these things and candid in admitting the mistakes he has made or the failures he has had. He tries to learn from his mistakes. The writing style of the book is conducive to the nature of the book. The book is written in a mature style with an air of honesty that the reader expects from a man of Hackworth's position. He wants the reader to know what had happened during the years he had ben in the Army and he tells the reader his story in this book.