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Commander Kirk S. Lippold USN (Ret.)
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On October 12, 2000, at 11:18 a.m., an 8,400-ton destroyer, the USS Cole, was rocked by an enormous explosion. The ship’s commander, Kirk Lippold, watched as tiles tumbled from the ceiling, mugs of coffee tumbled to the floor, and everything not bolted down seemed to float in midair. Lippold knew in a matter of moments that the Cole had been attacked. What he didn’t know was how much the world was changing around him.
Eleven months later, he was debriefed by the CIA and told about Osama bin Laden. By some unbelievable coincidence, that meeting occurred on the morning of September 11, 2001. In a scene that seems almost tailor-made for movie treatment, at the end of this early morning meeting about the looming threat of al-Qaeda, Kirk remarked, “I don’t think America understands. I believe it is going to take a seminal event, probably in this country, where hundreds, if not thousands, are going to have to die before Americans realize that we’re at war with this guy.” Mere moments later, the first plane struck the World Trade Center. The CIA agent who had debriefed him said, “Kirk, I can’t believe you said what you did this morning.”
The truth is that it wasn’t so unbelievable: Lippold had known for 11 months longer than the rest of the nation that al-Qaeda was at war with America. His story has remained untold—until now.
In this thrilling first-person narrative, Lippold reveals the details of his harrowing experience leading a crew of valiant sailors through the deadliest attack on an American vessel since 1987. He also explains how this event was overshadowed by 9/11, swept under the rug by bureaucrats and political operatives, who eventually attempted to lay blame for the attack on Lippold himself, denying him promotion and halting his career.
An essential volume that belongs side by side with The Looming Tower, Ghost Wars, and The 9/11 Commission Report, this book restores a crucial story that has until now been lost in the fog of the war on terror.
Commander Kirk S. Lippold, USN (Ret.), was the commanding officer of the USS Cole when it was attacked by al Qaeda in the port of Aden, Yemen, in October 2000. He and his crew distinguished themselves in the aftermath of that attack by saving the ship, which remains in service today. He received numerous military awards and retired from the Navy in 2007.
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One of the great stories in history
- De Ben Newman en 11-21-17
De: Josh Dean
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Red November
- Inside the Secret U.S.-Soviet Submarine War
- De: W. Craig Reed
- Narrado por: Tom Weiner
- Duración: 12 h y 38 m
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Red November is filled with hair-raising, behind-the-scenes stories that take you deep beneath the surface and into the action of the Cold War. Few know how close the world has come to annihilation better than the warriors who served America during the tense, 45-year struggle known as the Cold War. Yet for decades, their work has remained shrouded in secrecy.
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Blind Man's Bluff meets Cuban Missile Crisis
- De SeaDuck en 08-10-10
De: W. Craig Reed
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The Bravest Man
- The Story of Richard O'Kane & U.S. Submariners in the Pacific War
- De: William Tuohy
- Narrado por: E.H. Jones
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist William Tuohy follows Richard O'Kane, America's undersea ace of aces, and a few fearless submariners, during the U.S. submarine war in the Pacific. This grueling battle saw 10 million tons of Japanese shipping sunk by U.S. submarines, but the cost to the U.S. Navy was one in five of its boats, the highest casualty rate of the U.S. armed services.
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Great details of WWII Submarine Patrols
- De James B. Cookinham en 02-13-05
De: William Tuohy
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Indianapolis
- De: Lynn Vincent, Sara Vladic
- Narrado por: John Bedford Lloyd
- Duración: 18 h y 39 m
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Just after midnight on July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis is sailing alone in the Philippine Sea when she is sunk by two Japanese torpedoes. For the next five nights and four days, almost 300 miles from the nearest land, nearly 900 men battle injuries, sharks, dehydration, insanity, and eventually each other. Only 316 will survive. Lynn Vincent and Sara Vladic tell the complete story of the ship, her crew, and their final mission to save one of their own.
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As good as In Harm's Way but different
- De tru britty en 07-13-18
De: Lynn Vincent, y otros
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Blind Man's Bluff
- The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage
- De: Sherry Sontag, Christopher Drew
- Narrado por: George Wilson
- Duración: 15 h y 47 m
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No espionage missions have been kept more secret than those involving American submarines. Now, Blind Man's Bluff shows for the first time how the navy sent submarines wired with self-destruct charges into the heart of Soviet seas to tap crucial underwater telephone cables. It unveils how the navy's own negligence might have been responsible for the loss of the USS Scorpion, a submarine that disappeared, all hands lost, 30 years ago.
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best Cold War documentary...
- De Kojoukhinator Sr. en 11-15-17
De: Sherry Sontag, y otros
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Stalking the Red Bear
- The True Story of a U.S. Cold War Submarine's Covert Operations Against the Soviet Union
- De: Peter Sasgen
- Narrado por: Charlie Thurston
- Duración: 7 h y 4 m
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Stalking the Red Bear, for the first time ever, describes the action principally from the perspective of a commanding officer of a nuclear submarine during the Cold War - the one man aboard a sub who makes the critical decisions - taking us closer to the Soviet target than any work on submarine espionage has ever done before. This is the untold story of a covert submarine espionage operation against the Soviet Union during the Cold War as experienced by the commanding officer of an active submarine.
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How it really was on Fast Attack Subs in the 1970’s
- De James B. Cookinham en 01-26-18
De: Peter Sasgen
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The Gathering Wind
- Hurricane Sandy, the Sailing Ship Bounty, and a Courageous Rescue at Sea
- De: Gregory A. Freeman
- Narrado por: David Drummond
- Duración: 10 h y 18 m
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In October 2012, a replica of the famous HMS Bounty, an eighteenth-century tall sailing ship, was on a collision course with a storm that would become the largest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic - a clash that would prove dramatic, tragic, perplexing, and ultimately one of the most unforgettable stories of Superstorm Sandy. Crewed by an eclectic team of seafarers, the Bounty was led by Robin Walbridge, their highly respected captain with decades at the helm, whose actions - sometimes questionable - decided the fate of his ship and crew.
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- De Dan en 08-06-15
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The Death of the USS Thresher
- The Story Behind History's Deadliest Submarine Disaster
- De: Norman Polmar
- Narrado por: Sean Crisden
- Duración: 5 h y 6 m
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When she first went to sea in April of 1961, the US nuclear submarine Thresher was the most advanced submarine at sea, built specifically to hunt and kill Soviet submarines. In The Death of the USS Thresher, renowned naval and intelligence consultant Norman Polmar recounts the dramatic circumstances surrounding her implosion, which killed all 129 men onboard in history's first loss of a nuclear submarine.
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I REMEMBER THESE HEROES
- De JustBill en 03-31-20
De: Norman Polmar
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Tin Can Sailor
- Life Aboard the USS Sterett, 1939-1945
- De: C. Raymond Calhoun
- Narrado por: Norman Dietz
- Duración: 10 h y 9 m
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More than 800 sailors served aboard the Sterett during her hazardous and demanding duties in World War II. This is the story of those men and their beloved ship, recorded by a junior officer who served on the famous destroyer from her commissioning in 1939 to April 1943, when he was wounded at the Battle of Tulagi. Peppered with the kind of vivid, authentic details that could only be provided by a participant, the book is the saga of a gallant fighting ship that earned a Presidential Unit Citation for her part in the Third Battle of Savo Island, where she took on a battleship.
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A good story about something that really happened
- De TRey en 07-25-18
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War Beneath the Waves
- A True Story of Courage and Leadership Aboard a World War II Submarine
- De: Don Keith
- Narrado por: Stephen Hoye
- Duración: 6 h y 38 m
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In November 1943, while on war patrol in the Makassar Strait, the USS Billfish submarine was spotted by the Japanese, who launched a vicious depth-charge attack. Explosions wracked the sub for 15 straight hours. With his senior officers incapacitated, diving officer Charlie Rush boldly assumed command and led key members of the crew in a heroic effort to keep their ship intact as they tried to escape.
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Interesting historical review
- De Rick en 04-25-10
De: Don Keith
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Hellcats
- The Epic Story of World War II's Most Daring Submarine Raid
- De: Peter Sasgen
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 9 h y 35 m
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The incredible true story of nine Hellcat submarines assigned to penetrate the dense minefields protecting the sea of Japan. In 1945-with no knowledge of the development of the atomic bomb- American submarine commanders, desperate to avoid an invasion of the home islands, believed that if the Japanese merchant fleet was sunk, the enemy would be forced to surrender.
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great telling of technology advancements in Ww2
- De Brian en 05-20-18
De: Peter Sasgen
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Cold War Navy SEAL
- My Story of Che Guevara, War in the Congo, and the Communist Threat in Africa
- De: James M. Hawes, Mary Ann Koenig
- Narrado por: Danny Campbell
- Duración: 6 h y 45 m
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Sometime in 1965, James Hawes landed in the Congo with cash stuffed in his socks, morphine in his bag, and a basic understanding of his mission: recruit a mercenary navy and suppress the Soviet- and Chinese-backed rebels engaged in guerilla movements against a pro-Western government. He knew the United States must preserve deniability, so he would be abandoned in any life-threatening situation; he did not know that Che Guevara was attempting to export his revolution a few miles away. Cold War Navy SEAL gives unprecedented insight into a clandestine chapter in US history through the experiences of Hawes, a distinguished Navy frogman and later a CIA contractor. His journey began as an officer in the newly-formed SEAL Team 2, where Hawes commanded boats in the CIA's series of covert, hit-and-run raids into North Vietnam. Those raids directly instigated the Gulf of Tonkin Incident.
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Great story
- De Anthony Infantolino en 05-31-23
De: James M. Hawes, y otros
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Into the Raging Sea
- Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm, and the Sinking of the El Faro
- De: Rachel Slade
- Narrado por: Erin Bennett
- Duración: 11 h y 36 m
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On October 1, 2015, Hurricane Joaquin barreled into the Bermuda Triangle and swallowed the container ship El Faro whole, resulting in the worst American shipping disaster in 35 years. No one could fathom how a vessel equipped with satellite communications and a sophisticated navigation system could suddenly vanish - until now. Relying on hundreds of exclusive interviews with family members and maritime experts, as well as the words of the crew members themselves - whose conversations were captured by the ship’s data recorder - journalist Rachel Slade unravels the mystery.
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This Book is Tragic for More Than Just its Story
- De John A. Tucker en 10-23-19
De: Rachel Slade
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Diamondhead
- De: Patrick Robinson
- Narrado por: Charles Leggett
- Duración: 15 h y 39 m
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When Navy SEAL Mack Bedford's fellow officers are brutally killed by Iraqi insurgents using a cruel, new anti-tank Diamondhead missile, Mack avenges their murders by gunning down the then-unarmed attackers, ultimately getting himself court-martialed and kicked out of the Navy. To make matters worse, Mack then learns that the Diamondhead missiles were sold illegally by French industrialist and infamous politician Henri Foche.
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A Disastrous Departure of Style and Genre
- De GH en 01-09-13
De: Patrick Robinson
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- Thomas S.
- 03-19-22
Revealing
Having served in the military myself I was not surprised by the politics involved. It exposed the lengths to which people in and out of uniform will go to to protect their careers. And it also exposed the quality of people who choose the military.
I already knew this having served with some of the finest Americans it was my honor to ever meet. The surprise is that quality of person would voluntarily serve a system that at times can seem corrupt and self-serving.
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- Kindle Customer
- 11-13-20
Eyeopener
It was interesting. I salute all soldiers protecting their country. A tradegy for young lives lost. Yet a celebration for leadership and courage.
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- Glenn A. Michaels
- 07-29-13
A Story That Should be Read and Never Forgotten
I had two special reasions to read this book which I highly recommend. I have a friend who was on the USS Cole at the time of the attack and only had a small percentage of the total picture of the event and its impact on the crew, captain and the U.S. Navy. This book is a very detailed, extremely honest and graphic, step-by-step explanation of the event from the ship's captain. I also live only a few miles away from where these ships are proudly built at Bath Iron Works.
My friend went though a very difficult time several years after the experience. He was stationed in the area that was hit and lost several friends and shipmates. By chance, he was assigned to a different duty that day and survived. He was overcome by guilt that he survived and his friends didn't. That is not uncommon and now he is dedicated to ensure that the USS Cole, the crew and, especially the 17 sailors who made the ultimate sacrifice, are never forgotten. He recommended this book to me.
I felt as if I were on the ship as events unfolded and Captain Kirk S. Lippold told his story and that of the crew's. I did not want to put it down but needed to at times. It is an emotional rollercoaster ride from beginning to end. My friend told me that the ship never came close to sinking. I now understand the proud yet corrective tone in his voice when he said that. This is a story about heroes who gave their lives and heroes who saved their ship in unthinkable circumstances. It is deeply personal and the captain tells the names of the different crew members as the story unfolds. One might state that the level of detail can be overwhelming at times, I believe it makes the story that much more realistic and that much more valuable.
We often hear about 911, yet the details of the USS Cole are seldon heard. I hope this book will help change that. This story should be read and never forgotten.
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- Rodger
- 05-10-12
Superb account of an American tragedy
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The author's account brought both pride and tears as I listened to a heart wreaching story of the men and women of the USS Cole and their heroic service to our country.
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- Paul Niday
- 12-01-22
Gripping story
I heard Commander Kirk Lippold give a talk at an event that was chilling, I had to get the audio book. This audiobook exceeded the high expectations that I had for the story. Most have likely heard about the Cole story but don’t know the details. This book tells a detailed but compelling story. My thoughts and prayers go to the 17 that gave the ultimate sacrifice.
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- KW
- 12-12-23
Addicted to the end
One of the best audio books ever. Very addictive as the heartfelt story brought me to tears. Lippold did a great job narrating 👍
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- James Whitney
- 05-20-24
Incredible Crew of the USS Cole
Brilliant account of the brilliant Crew of the USS Cole - Rest in Peace to the 17 Sailors who paid the ultimate sacrifice on this day
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- Ldmstr
- 09-12-22
Great Story
Great story about a disaster and the crew that saved their ship, and the captain who held them together. For Commander Lippold, your chain of command ultimately failed you in not forcing your promotion.
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- G. Austen wood
- 12-28-22
A must read
I was stationed on the Cole in 2015. It’s one thing to listen to what happened, but it’s another thing to have lived on that ship for 2 years. Commander Kirk did an amazing job narrating his experience.
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- Jeffery P Brown
- 07-18-16
Great Book!
Outstanding Book! As a former Cole sailor, it brought back alot of memories for me.
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