Format: Hardcover, Publisher: Stackpole Books (December 15, 2007), ISBN: 97...

Pages: 256, Hardcover, Stackpole Books

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From: Amazon
Posted: Oct-10-2008

Not well written and really nothing more than complaining

I ordered this book as I was a Hog in the early 70's. I was interested in how the men of today were handling combat. When I see what our troops have become it saddens me too some degree. Although I'm fully aware of errors that commanders make after a short while reading this that seemed to be the...

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Posted: Jul-03-2008

Ronin reality sniper situations

The book gives a good inside view in the life of snipers in combat.As a non military person I can only have the deepest respect for people who fight for world peace and protect democracy.

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Posted: Jun-21-2008

poorly written, less than satisfying

I had high hopes for this book, but was very dissapointed. The author feels the need to keep returning to the same event - granted it was pivital, but did not have to be repeated over and over again. The writing style was an attempt to convey feelings/opinions from Marines downrange, but the...

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Posted: May-30-2008

Poorly written

This book is more about the author than the "grunts". It is an attempt to tell the story of a unit in combat and does not come close to filling this goal. I don't doubt the author is brave, but he never really let's the men talk in detail in a coordinated manner. Totally disjointed writing.

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Posted: Feb-01-2008

Ronin is a great learning tool!

I recommend Ronin to any military person getting ready to deploy to a combat zone. This book is an oral history with a lot of lessons to be learned. It is told from the actual Marines on the ground point of view. You can listen to the heartaches Ronin and others went through. This book...

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Posted: Jan-28-2008

Disgruntled Employees

First of all, I would like to say that although I am not a literary critic, I am a literate person, and managed to hit the spell check button before writing this review. Which is more than I can say from some of the other reviews. Ronin is a book that can and will be used as a guideline for...

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Posted: Jan-24-2008

This Is RONIN's story, in RONIN'S words/Maas Was Not On One Mission In This Book

Captain A. Maas never went out the wire on any of the reconnaissance patrols, sniping missions, and counterterrorist actions which aretold in the first-hand accounts within RONIN. The fact that these scout/snipers were not listened to at the time by Maas and other Marine officers, when their duty...

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Posted: Jan-23-2008

Half Truths

I served with Ronin and Mike Tucker during the deployment that this book talks about. I was excited to learn that Tucker's book was going to be released, but after reading it I can only say that I am disappointed in what I read. He writes from Ronin's point of view, never giving the "other...

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Posted: Jan-20-2008

On a personal note

I found this book very informative to me on a personal note. Being a mom of one of Ronins scout snipers, I knew my son and his fellow Marines were in extreme danger daily. Knowing many of them I found myself needing to know more. I knew my son grew to have a great friendship with Mike Tucker and...

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Posted: Jan-06-2008

Oral History of a Scout-Sniper Platoon

Former Marine Mike Tucker embeds himself into the Marine Scout-Sniper platoon of the 2/6. Code-named Ronin, it consists of twenty highly trained, motivated and skilled operators who are deployed in Fallujah from Sept. 2005 to April 2006. Winning their confidence and the confidence of their...

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