
Black Hearts
One Platoon's Descent into Madness in Iraq's Triangle of Death
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Jim Frederick
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This is the story of a small group of soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division's fabled 502nd Infantry Regiment - a unit known as the Black Heart Brigade. Deployed in late 2005 to Iraq's so-called Triangle of Death, a veritable meat grinder just south of Baghdad, the Black Hearts found themselves in arguably the country's most dangerous location at its most dangerous time. Hit by near-daily mortars, gunfire, and roadside bomb attacks, suffering from a particularly heavy death toll, and enduring a chronic breakdown in leadership, members of one Black Heart platoon - 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion - descended, over their year-long tour of duty, into a tailspin of poor discipline, substance abuse, and brutality.
Four 1st Platoon soldiers would perpetrate one of the most heinous war crimes U.S. forces have committed during the Iraq War - the rape of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and the cold-blooded execution of her and her family. Three other 1st Platoon soldiers would be overrun at a remote outpost - one killed immediately and two taken from the scene, their mutilated corpses found days later booby-trapped with explosives.
Black Hearts is an unflinching account of the epic, tragic deployment of 1st Platoon. Drawing on hundreds of hours of in-depth interviews with Black Heart soldiers and first-hand reporting from the Triangle of Death, Black Hearts is a timeless story about men in combat and the fragility of character in the savage crucible of warfare. But it is also a timely warning of new dangers emerging in the way American soldiers are led on the battlefields of the 21st century.
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From the trials of basic training on the home front to the ranks of the legendary 82nd Airborne Division to taking fire in the hot zones of Iraq and Afghanistan, MacLeod chronicles the soldier's evolution as only one who's been in those boots can. Candid, wise, and powerful, his memoir takes listeners on an unforgettable journey through war and allows them to witness bravery firsthand.
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A real story of war.
- De Devin Ronk en 03-07-16
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Service
- A Navy SEAL at War
- De: Marcus Luttrell
- Narrado por: Kevin T. Collins
- Duración: 12 h y 7 m
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Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell returned from his star-crossed mission in Afghanistan with his bones shattered and his heart broken. So many had given their lives to save him-and he would have readily done the same for them. As he recuperated, he wondered why he and others, from America's founding to today, had been willing to sacrifice everything-including themselves-for the sake of family, nation, and freedom.
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- De HYoung en 05-18-12
De: Marcus Luttrell
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The Ragged Edge
- A US Marine’s Account of Leading the Iraqi Army Fifth Battalion
- De: Michael Zacchea, Ted Kemp
- Narrado por: John Pruden
- Duración: 13 h y 17 m
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At a time when the United States debates how deeply to involve itself in Iraq and Syria, Lieutenant Colonel Michael Zacchea, USMC (Ret.), holds a unique vantage point on our still-ongoing war. Deployed to Iraq in March 2004, his team's mission was to build, train, and lead in combat the first Iraqi army battalion trained by the US military. Zacchea tells a deeply personal and powerful story while shedding light on the dangerous pitfalls of training foreign troops to fight murderous insurgents.
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Lessons on cultural values
- De lorraine en 04-05-24
De: Michael Zacchea, y otros
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Bounty Hunter 4/3
- From the Bronx to Marine Scout Sniper
- De: Jason Delgado, Chris Martin - contributor
- Narrado por: Jason Delgado
- Duración: 8 h y 36 m
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A brand-new recording read by the author. The memoir of Jason Delgado, a US Marine scout sniper and MARSOC's first lead sniper instructor. The fight for Jason Delgado's life and soul began when he was just a boy. He ultimately escaped the death and drugs of a crime-riddled Bronx by way of the US Marine Corps. However, after earning his way into the esteemed ranks of the service's famed Scout Snipers, Delgado saw that old struggle reignited when he was dumped into the hell of war in Iraq.
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- De Tony en 02-14-19
De: Jason Delgado, y otros
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American Heroes
- De: James Patterson, Matt Eversmann, Tim Malloy
- Narrado por: Joe Mantegna
- Duración: 11 h
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U.S. soldiers who served in overseas conflicts—from World War II, Korea, and Vietnam to Iraq and Afghanistan—share true stories of the actions that earned them some of America’s most distinguished military medals, up to and including the Medal of Honor. They never acted alone, but always in the spirit of camaraderie, patriotism, and for the good of our beloved country. There has never been a better time for all of us to think about duty, sacrifice, and what it means to be an American hero.
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EXCELLENT
- De Wilson Che' Gray en 10-25-24
De: James Patterson, y otros
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On Call in Hell
- A Doctor's Iraq War Story
- De: Richard Jadick, Thomas Hayden
- Narrado por: Lloyd James
- Duración: 8 h y 12 m
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Cdr. Richard Jadick's story is one of the most extraordinary to come out of the war in Iraq. At 38, the last place the Navy doctor was expected to be was on the front lines. He was too old to be called up, but not too old to volunteer. In November 2004, with the military reeling from an acute doctor shortage, Jadick chose to accompany the First Battalion, Eighth Marine Regiment (the "1/8") to Iraq.
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What a story!
- De Sher from Provo en 08-15-12
De: Richard Jadick, y otros
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Violence of Action
- The Untold Stories of the 75th Ranger Regiment in the War on Terror
- De: Charles Faint, Marty Skovlund Jr., Leo Jenkins
- Narrado por: Sean Crisden, Paul Boehmer, Emily Durante
- Duración: 13 h y 58 m
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Violence of Action is much more than the true, first-person accounts of the 75th Ranger Regiment in the Global War on Terror. Within this audio are the heartfelt, firsthand accounts from and about the men who lived, fought, and died for their country, their regiment, and each other. Objective Rhino, Haditha Dam, recovering Jessica Lynch, the hunt for Zarqawi, the recovery of Extortion 17, and everything in between...
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Great Book
- De shane en 06-18-15
De: Charles Faint, y otros
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Roughneck Nine-One
- The Extraordinary Story of a Special Forces A-Team at War
- De: Frank Antenori, Hans Halberstadt
- Narrado por: Patrick Lawlor
- Duración: 9 h y 3 m
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On April 6, 2003, 26 Green Berets, including those of Sergeant First Class Frank Antenori's Special Forces A-Team (call sign Roughneck Nine One), fought a vastly superior force at a remote crossroads near the village of Debecka, Iraq. The enemy unit had battle tanks and 150 well-trained, well-equipped, and well-commanded soldiers. The Green Berets stopped the enemy advance, then fought them until only a handful of Iraqi survivors finally fled the battlefield.
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Excellent narrative
- De John en 10-07-08
De: Frank Antenori, y otros
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Where Men Win Glory
- The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
- De: Jon Krakauer
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 13 h y 8 m
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Like the men whose epic stories Jon Krakauer has told in his previous bestsellers, Pat Tillman was an irrepressible individualist and iconoclast. In May 2002, Tillman walked away from his $3.6 million NFL contract to enlist in the United States Army. He was deeply troubled by 9/11, and he felt a strong moral obligation to join the fight against al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Two years later, he died on a desolate hillside in southeastern Afghanistan.
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Good book, painful narration
- De Daniel en 09-23-09
De: Jon Krakauer
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Joker One
- A Marine Platoon's Story of Courage, Leadership, and Brotherhood
- De: Donovan Campbell
- Narrado por: David Drummond
- Duración: 11 h y 42 m
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When Donovan Campbell's platoon deployed to Ramadi in the spring of 2004, they believed they'd be spending most of their time building schools, training police, and making friends with the citizens. But shortly after arriving, when Campbell awoke to the chilling cry of "Jihad, Jihad, Jihad!" echoing from minaret to minaret across the city, he knew they had an altogether different situation on their hands.
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Terrible Narration Hurts Good Story
- De Chris en 01-29-10
De: Donovan Campbell
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Hue 1968
- A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam
- De: Mark Bowden
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 18 h y 45 m
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By January 1968, despite an influx of half a million American troops, the fighting in Vietnam seemed to be at a stalemate. Yet General William Westmoreland, commander of American forces, announced a new phase of the war in which "the end begins to come into view". The North Vietnamese had different ideas. In mid-1967, the leadership in Hanoi had started planning an offensive intended to win the war in a single stroke.
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I KNEW This Book Would Sting Me . . . .
- De Rum Runner en 07-28-17
De: Mark Bowden
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The Silence of War
- An Old Marine in a Young Marine's War
- De: Terry McGowan, Bill O'Reilly - foreword
- Narrado por: Pete Larkin
- Duración: 11 h y 1 m
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Terry McGowan had been a beat cop, a marine captain, and a special agent for the FBI before retiring at the age of 50. But when tragedy struck the United States on September 11, 2001, Terry felt an undiminished sense of duty to protect and serve his country. Six years later he was in Iraq as a member of a team of high-ranking retired and active-duty military working for the highest level of marine military intelligence. His success in Iraq led to a position as a law enforcement professional with the marines in Afghanistan.
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Respectful, Heartfelt, but Writing is Dry
- De Gillian en 09-04-16
De: Terry McGowan, y otros
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Black Hearts and Painted Guns
- A Battalion's Journey into Iraq's Triangle of Death
- De: Kelly Eads, Daniel S. Morgan
- Narrado por: David Bendena
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With the help of Dan Morgan, an Infantry officer who deployed multiple times to Iraq and Afghanistan as a commander and operations officer, Eads takes listeners on a rollercoaster of combat experiences during the hunt for the most violent terrorist in Iraq, bringing to life the painstaking and horrid details of combat in a sectarian war. He tells the story of the soldiers’ camaraderie, built through adversity, and the love of family that sustained them.
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The Last Stand of Fox Company
- A True Story of U.S. Marines in Combat
- De: Bob Drury, Tom Clavin
- Narrado por: Michael Prichard
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The Last Stand of Fox Company is a fast-paced and gripping account of heroism and self-sacrifice in the face of impossible odds. The authors have conducted dozens of firsthand interviews with the battle's survivors, and they narrate the story with the immediacy of such classic accounts of single battles as Guadalcanal Diary, Pork Chop Hill, and Black Hawk Down.
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Outstanding story, poor narration
- De Stephen en 03-05-09
De: Bob Drury, y otros
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Generation Kill
- De: Evan Wright
- Narrado por: Patrick Lawlor
- Duración: 13 h y 22 m
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They were called a generation without heroes. Then they were called upon to be heroes. Within hours of 9/11, America's war on terrorism fell to those like the 23 Marines of the First Recon Battalion, the first generation dispatched into open-ended combat since Vietnam.
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Politically Neutral??.....Not.
- De Brett en 11-26-12
De: Evan Wright
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A Handful of Hard Men
- The SAS and the Battle for Rhodesia
- De: Hannes Wessels
- Narrado por: Jack Chekijian
- Duración: 12 h y 17 m
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It is difficult to find another soldier's story to equal Captain Darrell Watt's in terms of time spent on the field of battle and challenges faced. Even by the lofty standards of the SAS and Special Forces, one has to look far to find anyone who can match his record of resilience and valor in the face of such daunting odds and with resources so paltry. In the fight, he showed himself to be a military maestro. After 12 years in the cauldron of war, his cause slipped from beneath him, and Rhodesia gave way to Zimbabwe.
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Fantastic Story- Title says it all... Hard Men
- De rowca en 10-05-17
De: Hannes Wessels
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Headhunter
- 5-73 CAV and Their Fight for Iraq's Diyala River Valley
- De: Peter C. Svoboda, Lt. Gen William B. Caldwell (Ret.) - foreword
- Narrado por: David Marantz
- Duración: 8 h y 31 m
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Selected in 2005 by the army to be the first airborne reconnaissance squadron, 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, better known as 5-73 CAV, was formed from 3rd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment. The members of the squadron were hand-selected by the squadron command team, Lieutenant Colonel Poppas and Command Sergeant Major Edgar. With just more than 400 paratroopers, they were half the size of a full-strength battalion and the smallest unit in the Panther Brigade.
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A great audible!
- De Justin Robinson en 09-12-22
De: Peter C. Svoboda, y otros
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Swords of Lightning
- Green Beret Horse Soldiers and America's Response to 9/11
- De: Mark Nutsch, Bob Pennington, Jim DeFelice
- Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain
- Duración: 9 h y 42 m
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They landed in a dust storm so thick the pilot used dead reckoning and a guess to find the ground. Welcomed by a band of heavily armed militiamen, they climbed a mountain on horseback to meet the most ferocious warlord in Asia. They plotted a war of nineteenth-century maneuvers against a twenty-first-century foe. They trekked through minefields, sometimes past the mangled bodies of local tribesmen who'd shared food with them hours before. The men they helped called them brothers. Hollywood called them the Horse Soldiers. They called themselves Green Berets—Special Forces ODA 595.
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Very timely
- De Mary E. Dasaro en 08-08-22
De: Mark Nutsch, y otros
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Black Hearts and Painted Guns
- A Battalion's Journey into Iraq's Triangle of Death
- De: Kelly Eads, Daniel S. Morgan
- Narrado por: David Bendena
- Duración: 7 h y 14 m
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With the help of Dan Morgan, an Infantry officer who deployed multiple times to Iraq and Afghanistan as a commander and operations officer, Eads takes listeners on a rollercoaster of combat experiences during the hunt for the most violent terrorist in Iraq, bringing to life the painstaking and horrid details of combat in a sectarian war. He tells the story of the soldiers’ camaraderie, built through adversity, and the love of family that sustained them.
De: Kelly Eads, y otros
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The Last Stand of Fox Company
- A True Story of U.S. Marines in Combat
- De: Bob Drury, Tom Clavin
- Narrado por: Michael Prichard
- Duración: 11 h y 43 m
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The Last Stand of Fox Company is a fast-paced and gripping account of heroism and self-sacrifice in the face of impossible odds. The authors have conducted dozens of firsthand interviews with the battle's survivors, and they narrate the story with the immediacy of such classic accounts of single battles as Guadalcanal Diary, Pork Chop Hill, and Black Hawk Down.
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Outstanding story, poor narration
- De Stephen en 03-05-09
De: Bob Drury, y otros
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Generation Kill
- De: Evan Wright
- Narrado por: Patrick Lawlor
- Duración: 13 h y 22 m
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They were called a generation without heroes. Then they were called upon to be heroes. Within hours of 9/11, America's war on terrorism fell to those like the 23 Marines of the First Recon Battalion, the first generation dispatched into open-ended combat since Vietnam.
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Politically Neutral??.....Not.
- De Brett en 11-26-12
De: Evan Wright
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A Handful of Hard Men
- The SAS and the Battle for Rhodesia
- De: Hannes Wessels
- Narrado por: Jack Chekijian
- Duración: 12 h y 17 m
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It is difficult to find another soldier's story to equal Captain Darrell Watt's in terms of time spent on the field of battle and challenges faced. Even by the lofty standards of the SAS and Special Forces, one has to look far to find anyone who can match his record of resilience and valor in the face of such daunting odds and with resources so paltry. In the fight, he showed himself to be a military maestro. After 12 years in the cauldron of war, his cause slipped from beneath him, and Rhodesia gave way to Zimbabwe.
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Fantastic Story- Title says it all... Hard Men
- De rowca en 10-05-17
De: Hannes Wessels
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Headhunter
- 5-73 CAV and Their Fight for Iraq's Diyala River Valley
- De: Peter C. Svoboda, Lt. Gen William B. Caldwell (Ret.) - foreword
- Narrado por: David Marantz
- Duración: 8 h y 31 m
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Selected in 2005 by the army to be the first airborne reconnaissance squadron, 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, better known as 5-73 CAV, was formed from 3rd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment. The members of the squadron were hand-selected by the squadron command team, Lieutenant Colonel Poppas and Command Sergeant Major Edgar. With just more than 400 paratroopers, they were half the size of a full-strength battalion and the smallest unit in the Panther Brigade.
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A great audible!
- De Justin Robinson en 09-12-22
De: Peter C. Svoboda, y otros
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Swords of Lightning
- Green Beret Horse Soldiers and America's Response to 9/11
- De: Mark Nutsch, Bob Pennington, Jim DeFelice
- Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain
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They landed in a dust storm so thick the pilot used dead reckoning and a guess to find the ground. Welcomed by a band of heavily armed militiamen, they climbed a mountain on horseback to meet the most ferocious warlord in Asia. They plotted a war of nineteenth-century maneuvers against a twenty-first-century foe. They trekked through minefields, sometimes past the mangled bodies of local tribesmen who'd shared food with them hours before. The men they helped called them brothers. Hollywood called them the Horse Soldiers. They called themselves Green Berets—Special Forces ODA 595.
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Very timely
- De Mary E. Dasaro en 08-08-22
De: Mark Nutsch, y otros
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Delta Force
- A Memoir by the Founder of the U.S. Military's Most Secretive Special-Operations Unit
- De: Charlie A. Beckwith, Donald Knox
- Narrado por: Alan Sklar
- Duración: 14 h y 8 m
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Wanted: Volunteers for Project Delta. Will guarantee you a medal. A body bag. Or both. With this call to arms, Charlie Beckwith revolutionized American armed combat. Beckwith's acclaimed memoir tells the story of Delta Force as only its maverick creator could tell it - from the bloody baptism of Vietnam to the top-secret training grounds of North Carolina to political battles in the upper levels of the Pentagon itself. This is the heart-pounding, first-person insider's view of the missions that made Delta Force legendary.
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Good Military History
- De Drew en 02-01-15
De: Charlie A. Beckwith, y otros
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Dog Company
- A True Story of American Soldiers Abandoned by Their High Command
- De: Roger Hill, Lynn Vincent
- Narrado por: Christopher Ryan Grant
- Duración: 14 h y 52 m
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The army does not want you to listen to this book. It does not want to advertise its detention system that coddles enemy fighters while putting American soldiers at risk. It does not want to reveal the new lawyered-up Pentagon war ethic that prosecutes US soldiers and marines while setting free spies who kill Americans. This very system ambushed Captain Roger Hill and his men.
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Hard truth.
- De D en 04-17-17
De: Roger Hill, y otros
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LikeWar
- The Weaponization of Social Media
- De: P. W. Singer, Emerson T. Brooking
- Narrado por: George Guidall
- Duración: 11 h y 21 m
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Two defense experts explore the collision of war, politics, and social media, where the most important battles are now only a click away. Through the weaponization of social media, the Internet is changing war and politics, just as war and politics are changing the Internet. Terrorists livestream their attacks, “Twitter wars” produce real world casualties, and viral misinformation alters not just the result of battles, but the very fate of nations. The result is that war, tech, and politics have blurred into a new kind of battlespace that plays out on our smartphones.
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Good Information Ruined by Whining Political Bias
- De Scott en 12-28-18
De: P. W. Singer, y otros
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Fiasco
- The American Military Adventure in Iraq
- De: Thomas E. Ricks
- Narrado por: James Lurie
- Duración: 10 h y 15 m
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The American military is a tightly sealed community, and few outsiders have reason to know that a great many senior officers view the Iraq war with incredulity and dismay. But many officers have shared their anger with renowned military reporter Thomas E. Ricks, and in Fiasco, Ricks combines these astonishing on-the-record military accounts with his own extraordinary on-the-ground reportage to create a spellbinding account of an epic disaster.
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History not Politics
- De Scott en 08-10-06
De: Thomas E. Ricks
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Platoon Leader
- A Memoir of Command in Combat
- De: James R. McDonough
- Narrado por: Joel Rooks
- Duración: 1 h y 55 m
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A remarkable memoir of small-unit leadership and the coming of age of a young soldier in combat in Vietnam.
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abridged? it was mutilated!
- De J. Padilla en 02-09-16
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On Call in Hell
- A Doctor's Iraq War Story
- De: Richard Jadick, Thomas Hayden
- Narrado por: Lloyd James
- Duración: 8 h y 12 m
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Cdr. Richard Jadick's story is one of the most extraordinary to come out of the war in Iraq. At 38, the last place the Navy doctor was expected to be was on the front lines. He was too old to be called up, but not too old to volunteer. In November 2004, with the military reeling from an acute doctor shortage, Jadick chose to accompany the First Battalion, Eighth Marine Regiment (the "1/8") to Iraq.
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What a story!
- De Sher from Provo en 08-15-12
De: Richard Jadick, y otros
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Neptune's Inferno
- The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal
- De: James D. Hornfischer
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 18 h y 38 m
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With The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors and Ship of Ghosts, James D. Hornfischer created essential and enduring narratives about America’s World War II Navy, works of unique immediacy distinguished by rich portraits of ordinary men in extremis and exclusive new information. Now he does the same for the deadliest, most pivotal naval campaign of the Pacific war: Guadalcanal. Neptune’s Inferno is at once the most epic and the most intimate account ever written of the contest for control of the seaways of the Solomon Islands.
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The WWII Pacific Theater Explodes In My Lazy Chair
- De Rum Runner en 03-01-11
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Devil's Guard
- De: George R. Elford
- Narrado por: Nigel Patterson
- Duración: 12 h y 36 m
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The personal account of a guerrilla fighter in the French Foreign Legion reveals the Nazi Battalion's inhumanities to Indochinese villagers.
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If it is only half true...
- De ROS5FAM13 en 06-17-20
De: George R. Elford
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We March at Midnight
- A War Memoir
- De: Ray McPadden
- Narrado por: Will Damron
- Duración: 9 h y 2 m
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We March at Midnight is award-winning author Ray McPadden’s chronicle of his experience as a highly decorated Ranger officer leading some of the most dangerous missions during the height of the Iraq and Afghan wars. In 2005, Ray joined the army in search of what he calls “the moment” - a chance to prove to himself and his brothers in arms that he is a true leader. His job is to establish the first outpost in the Korengal, Afghanistan’s deadliest valley, and his decisions and mistakes will have a permanent impact on the men he commands.
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The honesty of it all
- De Wendy Rose en 04-14-22
De: Ray McPadden
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Hogs in the Sand
- A Gulf War A-10 Pilot's Combat Journal
- De: Buck Wyndham
- Narrado por: Jim Seybert
- Duración: 15 h y 46 m
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The mighty, iconic A-10 Warthog was first thrust into battle in Operation Desert Storm. The men who took it through walls of flak and surface-to-air missiles to help defeat the world's fourth-largest army were as untested as their airplanes, so they relied on personal determination and the amazing A-10 to accomplish their missions, despite the odds.
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Weak
- De KL en 12-29-22
De: Buck Wyndham
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If You Survive
- From Normandy to the Battle of the Bulge to the End of World War II - One American Officer's Riveting True Story
- De: George Wilson
- Narrado por: Brian Keeler
- Duración: 8 h y 29 m
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George Wilson has garnered much acclaim for this shattering and enlightening memoir. Detailing his odyssey from July, 1944 until the following summer, If You Survive is a startling first-person account of the final year of World War II. Wilson was the only man from his original company to finish the war. As a Second Lieutenant, he went ashore at Utah Beach after the D-Day invasion amidst burned vehicles, sunken landing craft, and broken fortifications.
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the best story of the war in Europe I've read
- De David en 02-18-17
De: George Wilson
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They Called Us ""Lucky""
- The Life and Afterlife of the Iraq War's Hardest Hit Unit
- De: Ruben Gallego, Jim DeFelice
- Narrado por: Ruben Gallego, Stephen Graybill
- Duración: 8 h y 58 m
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At first, they were “Lucky Lima”. Infantryman Ruben Gallego and his brothers in Lima Company—3rd Battalion, 25th Marines, young men drawn from blue-collar towns, immigrant households, Navajo reservations—returned unscathed on patrol after patrol through the increasingly violent al Anbar region of Iraq, looking for weapons caches and insurgents trying to destabilize the nascent Iraqi government. After two months in Iraq, Lima didn't have a casualty, not a single Purple Heart, no injury worse than a blister. Lucky Lima.
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My perspective as a 3/25 insider...
- De R-N en 06-25-22
De: Ruben Gallego, y otros
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- Greg
- 07-01-20
This is my current unit
1-502IN this is great information 2BCT 101st (aaslt) Strike, first strike, Air Assault. I was in a similar situation 3-21IN 1-25SBCT 2011-2012
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- Julie Jones
- 04-11-15
Read for PME
I was suspecting a history but I found it was not just a lineage of the unit but history, story by story and constant updates on what was going on around them. The book was well written.
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- Josh
- 05-28-19
great application of battlefield leadership
Great application of battlefield leadership for the business world and life in general. The combat stories really drive the lessons home.
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- S. Locklear
- 03-16-19
Very good view of social concepts and theories of.
Very good view of social concepts and theories of. Highly recommended. Looking forward to a follow up on bravo.
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- Stephanie
- 07-06-16
Depressing but good
This book isn't one you can read in one day. It's well written (minus too many direct quotes with wording such as "I was like" and "he was like", which got old rather quickly,) well researched, and well read. The topic is very heavy but it's very important. Fantastic read.
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- Troy Jason
- 04-21-15
Accurate portrayal of the challenges of war
Great book, very detailed, filled with un-edited accounts of true war. Good narration as well, easy to listen to.
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- J. Quinn
- 04-08-13
Difficult, Eye Opening, Moving Book
Military, war, and detailed audio books are often difficult to listen to verses read due to the amount of names and place that are sometimes hard to keep track of without being able to reference in print, however for Blacks Hearts listening does not take away from it's powerful account of this tragedy in Iraq. My respect for those that served in this book could not be higher.
Frederick states in the prologue something to the effect that there were " good leaders that had bad days, and bad leaders that had good days." And that this account was not an indictment against the leaders decisions that ultimately resulted in this horrific war crime, and it is not, yet does not absolve guilt either.
Black Hearts, is a harrowing tale of war and the impossible situations that leaders and soldiers on the ground experienced. Which unfortunately resulted in, while not unprecedented a preventable war crime.
If you want to know what you're getting into with this book, imagine Karl Marlantes' novel on Vietnam "Matterhorn" meets Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness", set in the worst location and time during the Iraq war and sadly nothing about is fiction.
I highly recommend this book, but warn it pack a punch.
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- Jason R Gonzales
- 08-24-21
Cold truth
A story of the reality of war and the numerous mistakes made up and down the chain of command.
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- Angie
- 09-08-15
Fantastic
Although the story started slowly, it is definitely a must read that displays the horrors of war.
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- J Ball
- 11-01-22
Powerful
This was a truly powerful, intense, account of the actions of the Black Hearts, and primarily Bravo Company. The narrator does an excellent job of inflecting his voice to show emotion, and it was easy to follow who was speaking with his subtle changes in pitch while reciting conversations between the Soldiers. This book left me stunned, and mortified at the depths a person can sink to. There are so many leadership lessons to be learned here. Chief amongst them is ownership of what you do, and fail to do.
5 Stars
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