Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10
by Marcus Luttrell
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Manufacturer: Back Bay Books
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 958.1047
EAN: 9780316067607
ISBN: 0316067601
Label: Back Bay Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 416
Publication Date: 2008-05-01
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Studio: Back Bay Books
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Summary: I couldn't put the book down
Comment: "Lone Survivor" is an incredible account of what a Navy Seal goes through to get that trident pin and what they do to keep americans safe. I thought it was extremely well written. It was as if I was there on that mountain side with them. It really was a great read.
I'm proud that there are people like Marcus out there keeping us safe.
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Summary: Great book, sour grapes
Comment: This is a fast paced thriller and an incredible true story. Gives great insight into military operations in Afghanistan. However, Petty Officer Luttrell's professed love of country apparently doesn't apply to the Bill of Rights in particular freedom of press. As far as blaming the Rules of Engagement, which by the way were not established soley by the "liberal" policitians, for his team's demise, perhaps, Marcus should consider the command who sent a team in harm's way outnumbered 35 to 1, SEAL team or no. Or LT Murphy who accepted a mission without adequate intel on the surrounding terrain. As a former Naval Aviator and Aircraft Commander in the U.S. Navy, I would have had a difficult time explaining to my superiors why I chose to put a life and death decision to a vote. What resulted in this instance was a heavy cross of guilt for Petty Officer Luttrell to bear rather than the decision having rested with the senior officer. I understand SEAL teams are a tight knit group but the Navy assigns an officer to each team for a reason, to make the tough decisions. An outstanding book but perhaps better told with more passage of time.
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Summary: Unbelievably Fabulous and Enlightening
Comment: I have always been a fan of our military, our soldiers, our intelligence and our President George W Bush. But after reading Marcus's book, I am an absolute devotee of the US Navy SEALs. It instills an education as to the training and the dedication these men have to serve and protect our country, our freedoms and our future. Any liberal idiot who thinks that we have no reason to protect ourselves , especially against afghanie and pakastani and Syrian and Iraqi muslim radicalism , needs to read this book over and over and over again. George W Bush is a man , a fighter , a protector and will be seen as a much better President of the United States than the liberal media has awarded him in the present. I am proud and grateful that he was our leader, and to these men, I thank you for my life, my family's life and our future. Your fight is not in vain. Please know that. Thank you Marcus.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Absolutely fantastic
Comment: I bought the book on the recommendation of a friend - and once I began I simply couldn't put it down. It brought an in depth and complete first hand account of BUD/s training as well as his experiences and thoughts around his experience in the Hindu Kush, as well as life since there. I've never read such a riveting account of actual special ops action, as well as the tragic fate that some of these men suffered.
Simply a fantastic book. A must read.
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Summary: lone survivor
Comment: Excellent book about what it takes to become Navy Seal, and a heart-felt 1st-person account of what this 4-man Seal team experienced and sacrificed in their pursuit of a high profile Taliban leader in Afghanistan. Excellent reading, you will not be disappointed. AAA+++
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Customer Rating:
Summary: I couldn't put the book down
Comment: "Lone Survivor" is an incredible account of what a Navy Seal goes through to get that trident pin and what they do to keep americans safe. I thought it was extremely well written. It was as if I was there on that mountain side with them. It really was a great read.
I'm proud that there are people like Marcus out there keeping us safe.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great book, sour grapes
Comment: This is a fast paced thriller and an incredible true story. Gives great insight into military operations in Afghanistan. However, Petty Officer Luttrell's professed love of country apparently doesn't apply to the Bill of Rights in particular freedom of press. As far as blaming the Rules of Engagement, which by the way were not established soley by the "liberal" policitians, for his team's demise, perhaps, Marcus should consider the command who sent a team in harm's way outnumbered 35 to 1, SEAL team or no. Or LT Murphy who accepted a mission without adequate intel on the surrounding terrain. As a former Naval Aviator and Aircraft Commander in the U.S. Navy, I would have had a difficult time explaining to my superiors why I chose to put a life and death decision to a vote. What resulted in this instance was a heavy cross of guilt for Petty Officer Luttrell to bear rather than the decision having rested with the senior officer. I understand SEAL teams are a tight knit group but the Navy assigns an officer to each team for a reason, to make the tough decisions. An outstanding book but perhaps better told with more passage of time.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Unbelievably Fabulous and Enlightening
Comment: I have always been a fan of our military, our soldiers, our intelligence and our President George W Bush. But after reading Marcus's book, I am an absolute devotee of the US Navy SEALs. It instills an education as to the training and the dedication these men have to serve and protect our country, our freedoms and our future. Any liberal idiot who thinks that we have no reason to protect ourselves , especially against afghanie and pakastani and Syrian and Iraqi muslim radicalism , needs to read this book over and over and over again. George W Bush is a man , a fighter , a protector and will be seen as a much better President of the United States than the liberal media has awarded him in the present. I am proud and grateful that he was our leader, and to these men, I thank you for my life, my family's life and our future. Your fight is not in vain. Please know that. Thank you Marcus.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Absolutely fantastic
Comment: I bought the book on the recommendation of a friend - and once I began I simply couldn't put it down. It brought an in depth and complete first hand account of BUD/s training as well as his experiences and thoughts around his experience in the Hindu Kush, as well as life since there. I've never read such a riveting account of actual special ops action, as well as the tragic fate that some of these men suffered.
Simply a fantastic book. A must read.
Customer Rating:
Summary: lone survivor
Comment: Excellent book about what it takes to become Navy Seal, and a heart-felt 1st-person account of what this 4-man Seal team experienced and sacrificed in their pursuit of a high profile Taliban leader in Afghanistan. Excellent reading, you will not be disappointed. AAA+++
Four US Navy SEALS departed one clear night in early July, 2005 for the mountainous Afghanistan-Pakistan border for a reconnaissance mission. Their task was to document the activity of an al Qaeda leader rumored to be very close to Bin Laden with a small army in a Taliban stronghold. Five days later, only one of those Navy SEALS made it out alive.
This is the story of the only survivor of Operation Redwing, SEAL fire team leader Marcus Luttrell, and the extraordinary firefight that led to the largest loss of life in American Navy SEAL history. His squadmates fought valiantly beside him until he was the only one left alive, blasted by an RPG into a place where his pursuers could not find him. Over the next four days, terribly injured and presumed dead, Luttrell crawled for miles through the mountains and was taken in by sympathetic villagers who risked their lives to keep him safe from surrounding Taliban warriors.
A born and raised Texan, Marcus Luttrell takes us from the rigors of SEAL training, where he and his fellow SEALs discovered what it took to join the most elite of the American special forces, to a fight in the desolate hills of Afghanistan for which they never could have been prepared. His account of his squadmates' heroism and mutual support renders an experience that is both heartrending and life-affirming. In this rich chronicle of courage and sacrifice, honor and patriotism, Marcus Luttrell delivers a powerful narrative of modern war.
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