Format: Hardcover, Publisher: St Martins Pr (March 18, 2008), ISBN: 9780312...

Pages: 304, Edition: 1, Hardcover, St. Martin's Press

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From: Amazon
Posted: Jan-29-2009

America's best and least-known secret weapon revealed!

An excellent read on an apparently sparsely covered subject. This should be required reading for all military commanders, from the Commander-in-Chief on down to the platoon level, so that our military effectiveness really achieves what it is meant to do - take the battle to the enemy and take...

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Posted: Jan-04-2009

The only thing you feel is the recoil !!!

Excellent book on what it was like to be a sniper in early Gulf War 2 and what our people in country are dealing with. Covers a lot of aspects of sniping never before seen or read about (and I have read quite a few books on the issue), and the mentality involved with them. Five stars - you will...

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Posted: Dec-28-2008

Snipers don't like to lose.

The book is not a definitive work on sniping ( there's other texts for that) or even on sniping in the global war on terrorism. Nonetheless is an overall very nice book and contains some amazing war stories. The dedication, courage and especially resorcefulness of these american snipers are...

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Posted: Dec-24-2008

A Good Read

A very good book of this type. Easy to read with good stats but not overwhelming details. Good story sources.

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Posted: Oct-30-2008

Good Balance of Stories vs. Background and Technical Details, needs more gore and terminal ballistics

I was looking for a book that had real-life stories of snipers in action, all from a fairly recent viewpoint (the war in Iraq and Afghanistan). This book fit the bill. While the author felt obligated to throw in the usual background info, how they are selected, how they train, ect., this was...

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Posted: Oct-30-2008

Good read

I really enjoyed this book. The background and overall reveal of the sniper and their training was interesting, and the firsthand accounts really brought the book to life. I was in Iraq in '05 and could picture some of the roads and landmarks. Good read for shooting aficionados or those who...

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Posted: Aug-22-2008

Warriors

Good book. I know and have worked with Shadow-four(Joker-Four) as part of TF Dark-Eagle. I'd suggest reading this book if you want to learn about the reality of small-team counterinsurgency.

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Posted: Jul-31-2008

Best balance between war stories and interesting facts

I have read many sniper books recently, but this last one seems to be the best among them in comparison. It's a very balanced mix of actual sniper stories from Iraq (even if they aren't necesserily connected in time or space), enough facts about training, ballistics, weapons, real life...

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Posted: Jun-28-2008

Interesting topic, poor execution.

I picked this book up after browsing the first chapter, and reading the reviews on the back, including a few from authors I know and respect. Unfortunately, I did not realize until I had bought it that the reviews were for a different book by the same author. There was quite a bit of really...

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Posted: Jun-03-2008

Outstanding

This book highlight a new face of the sniper's job, and how they must deal with the new form of war. But, in the same time, the author show us how easily the sniper is able to adapt his behaviour and its tactics to the new type of war is facing every day in Irak.

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