American Sniper
Book description
Former U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle tells the story of his legendary career, from 1999-2009, during which time he recorded the most confirmed sniper kills (officially a record 155, though the real number is even much higher) in the history of the United States military, any branch, from 1776 to…
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Books that tell the story of Special Operations soldiers fighting in the Global War on Terror typically focus all of their efforts on adrenaline, explosions, the men, and the teams. While those are all critical elements and essential to the stories, most of them leave out one of the most crucial factors to keeping Special Operations troops in the fight.
In Special Forces, we had many sayings, but one of the most important was, “if momma ain’t happy, Joe ain’t happy.”
All active duty soldiers engaged in war, even we Special Operators, depend on our families to keep…
From Robert's list on non-fiction on US special operations at war.
Nicknamed al Shaitan, “The Devil,” by his enemies, US Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle takes out 109 insurgents in Iraq. The reader journeys with Kyle from shooting in Texas to sniping in Fallujah. He gives valuable insights into weapons, urban sniping, and fighting insurgents—while telling his incredible story. Adrenaline runs high, but tragedy and strain strike hard. Intensely personal, his memoir is unputdownable.
From Stephen's list on black ops memoirs.
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