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Mark Boyett
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David Finkel
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In January 2007 the young and optimistic soldiers of the 2-16, the American infantry battalion known as the Rangers, were sent to Iraq as part of the surge. Their job would be to patrol one of the most dangerous areas of Baghdad. For 15 months, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter David Finkel was with them, following them almost every grueling step of the way.
The resulting account of that time, The Good Soldiers, is a searing, shattering portrait of the face of modern war. In telling the story of these soldiers, both the heroes and the ruined, David Finkel has also written a classic work of war reporting.
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- De Tony en 12-13-17
De: Doug Stanton
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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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5 out of 5 stars
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Lessons on cultural values
- De lorraine en 04-05-24
De: Michael Zacchea, y otros
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The Forever War
- De: Dexter Filkins
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 11 h y 37 m
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Through the eyes of Dexter Filkins, we witness the chain of events that began with the rise of the Taliban in the 1990s, continued with the attacks of 9/11, and moved on to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The Forever War allows us a visceral understanding of today's battlefields and of the experiences of the people on the ground, warriors and innocents alike. It is a brilliant, fearless work, not just about America's wars after 9/11, but ultimately about the nature of war itself.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A memorable "read"
- De TCinDC en 02-16-09
De: Dexter Filkins
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Thank You for Your Service
- De: David Finkel
- Narrado por: Arthur Bishop
- Duración: 7 h y 51 m
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No journalist has reckoned with the psychology of war as intimately as David Finkel. In The Good Soldiers, his bestselling account from the front lines of Baghdad, Finkel shadowed the men of the 2-16 Infantry Battalion as they carried out the infamous surge, a grueling fifteen-month tour that changed all of them forever. Now Finkel has followed many of those same men as they’ve returned home and struggled to reintegrate - both into their family lives and into American society at large.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Wrenching
- De Scott en 01-03-14
De: David Finkel
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Where Cowards Go to Die
- De: Benjamin Sledge
- Narrado por: Bradford Hastings
- Duración: 8 h y 42 m
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While serving a portion of his time under the Special Operations Command, Benjamin Sledge fought to keep his humanity amid the killing fields of Iraq and Afghanistan. But war never leaves its participants unscathed. In Where Cowards Go to Die, Sledge reveals an unflinchingly honest portrait of war that few dare to tell.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Couldn't stop listening
- De Matthew Orlandi en 07-29-22
De: Benjamin Sledge
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Echo in Ramadi
- The Firsthand Story of U.S. Marines in Iraq's Deadliest City
- De: Scott A. Huesing
- Narrado por: David Marantz
- Duración: 9 h y 44 m
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From the winter of 2006 through the spring of 2007, 250 marines from Echo Company, Second Battalion, Fourth Marine Regiment, fought daily in the dangerous, dense city streets of Ramadi, Iraq, during the Multi-National Forces Surge ordered by President George W. Bush. The marines' mission: to kill or capture anti-Iraqi forces. Their experience: like being in hell. Now Major Scott A. Huesing, the commander who led Echo Company through Ramadi, takes listeners back to the streets of Ramadi in a visceral, gripping portrayal of modern urban combat.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Combat is Combat
- De Calvin Guthrie en 05-21-18
De: Scott A. Huesing
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Tough as They Come
- De: Travis Mills, Marcus Brotherton, Gary Sinise - foreword
- Narrado por: Travis Mills
- Duración: 6 h y 4 m
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Thousands of soldiers die every year to defend their country. United States Army Staff Sergeant Travis Mills was sure that he would become another statistic when, during his third tour of duty in Afghanistan, he was caught in an IED blast four days before his 25th birthday. Against the odds, he lived, but at a severe cost - Travis became one of only five soldiers from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to survive a quadruple amputation.
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3 out of 5 stars
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So-so
- De Rachael Shook en 02-16-19
De: Travis Mills, y otros
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Dispatches
- De: Michael Herr
- Narrado por: Ray Porter
- Duración: 8 h y 27 m
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From its terrifying opening to its final eloquent words, Dispatches makes us see, in unforgettable and unflinching detail, the chaos and fervor of the war and the surreal insanity of life in that singular combat zone. Michael Herr’s unsparing, unorthodox retellings of the day-to-day events in Vietnam take on the force of poetry, rendering clarity from one of the most incomprehensible and nightmarish events of our time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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All of the reviews are correct.
- De Mark Thoreson en 01-18-22
De: Michael Herr
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The Gift of Valor
- A War Story
- De: Michael M. Phillips
- Narrado por: Michael Prichard
- Duración: 7 h y 25 m
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Every day ordinary young Americans are fighting and dying in Iraq, with the same bravery, honor, and sense of duty that have distinguished American troops throughout history. One of these is Jason Dunham, a 22-year-old Marine corporal from the one-stoplight town of Scio, New York, whose stunning story reporter Michael M. Phillips discovered while he was embedded with a Marine infantry battalion in the Iraqi desert.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Semper Fi
- De James en 07-31-05
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Trident
- The Forging and Reforging of a Navy SEAL Leader
- De: Jason Redman, John Bruning
- Narrado por: Erik Bergmann
- Duración: 12 h y 22 m
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Decorated Navy SEAL Lieutenant Jason Redman served his country courageously and with distinction in Colombia, Peru, Afghanistan, and Iraq, where he commanded mobility and assault forces. But his journey was not without its supreme challenges. He was critically wounded in 2007 when he was struck by machine-gun fire at point blank range. During his intense recovery period, Redman posted a sign on his door, warning all who entered not to "feel sorry for [his] wounds."
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5 out of 5 stars
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SEALS and Leadership
- De Pamela Dale Foster en 06-20-14
De: Jason Redman, y otros
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All the Ways We Kill and Die
- An Elegy for a Fallen Comrade, and the Hunt for His Killer
- De: Brian Castner
- Narrado por: Brian Castner
- Duración: 9 h y 59 m
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The EOD - explosive ordnance disposal - community is tight-knit, and when one of their own is hurt, an alarm goes out. When Brian Castner, an Iraq War vet, learns that his friend and EOD brother Matt has been killed by an IED in Afghanistan, he goes to console Matt's widow, but he also begins a personal investigation. Is the bomb maker who killed Matt the same man American forces have been hunting since Iraq, known as the Engineer?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book on EOD
- De yardranger en 03-03-25
De: Brian Castner
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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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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Book
- De shane en 06-18-15
De: Charles Faint, y otros
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Two Wars
- One Hero's Fight on Two Fronts: Abroad and Within
- De: Nate Self
- Narrado por: Nate Self
- Duración: 8 h y 53 m
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For the first time, Army Ranger hero Nate Self tells his story. Self recounts the Roberts Ridge Rescue mission, the ferocious battles in Afghanistan, and the lone war of attrition that Nate Self has waged against post-traumatic stress disorder. This audio will become a go-to work for understanding the long-term effects of the war on terror. Thousands of families are fighting this battle, and Nate Self opens up his whole life - tragedies, successes, failures, and a struggle with suicidal thoughts - to share the facts.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Post Combat Struggle
- De R.Fisher en 12-29-24
De: Nate Self
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City of Death
- Humanitarian Warriors in the Battle of Mosul
- De: Ephraim Mattos, Scott McEwen
- Narrado por: Ephraim Mattos
- Duración: 8 h y 36 m
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This is the true story of Ephraim Mattos, a former US Navy SEAL, and what he witnessed while volunteering as a frontline combat medic during the historic battle to retake Mosul from ISIS - the deadliest urban combat the world has seen since WWII.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An inspirational tour de force
- De TN760USER en 10-25-18
De: Ephraim Mattos, y otros
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Operation Pineapple Express
- De: Scott Mann
- Narrado por: Lt. Col. Scott Mann
- Duración: 10 h y 34 m
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In April 2021, an urgent call was placed from a Special Forces operator serving overseas. The message was clear: Get Nezam out of Afghanistan now. Nezam was part of the Afghan National Army’s first group of American-trained commandos; he passed through Fort Bragg’s legendary Q course and served alongside the US Special Forces for over a decade. But Afghanistan’s government and army were on the edge of collapse, and Nezam was receiving threatening texts from the Taliban.
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5 out of 5 stars
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amazing, uplifting, heart wrenching
- De Lisa L. Weinley en 09-13-22
De: Scott Mann
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I Lost My Love in Baghdad
- A Modern War Story
- De: Michael Hastings
- Narrado por: Michael Hastings
- Duración: 7 h y 19 m
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 28
At age 25, Michael Hastings arrived in Baghdad to cover the war in Iraq for Newsweek. He had at his disposal a little Hemingway romanticism and all the apparatus of a 21st-century reporter: cell phones, high-speed Internet access, digital video cameras, fixers, drivers, guards, and translators.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Sad story...
- De kathryn en 01-01-09
De: Michael Hastings
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Hope and Honor
- De: Sid Shachnow, Jann Robbins
- Narrado por: Brian Emerson
- Duración: 16 h y 28 m
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Major General Sid Shachnow was ten-years-old when he escaped the notorious Kovno concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Lithuania. Later, he traveled to post-war Germany, and he earned a living as a courier for his mother's black market business. His family eventually came to America where he struggled to get an education, held down three jobs, and courted the girl of his dreams, whom he would marry and raise four daughters with.
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5 out of 5 stars
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riveting
- De Rob en 02-07-08
De: Sid Shachnow, y otros
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Good Soldiers
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- S. Perry
- 07-25-10
An Very Poignant Look at the War in Iraq
This could well be one of the most powerful audiobooks that I have listened to about the war in Iraq. It offers a very poignant look at what the soldiers and their extended families are living through, and the detail and emotion in the stories is very powerful. Its accounting of daily life in Iraq, whether of a soldier or an Iraqi citizen, and the often tragic occurance, results in a very balanced look at the war - regardless of one's political view. Finally, the narration of the audiobook is excellent and makes it very easy to listen to.
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- Alan T Alcock
- 12-09-10
Sobering
Close to the best audiobook I have listened too. Graphic descriptions of the war, of the effects on those who took part, on their families and friends. Gives an honest and at times gut wrenching look at what the newspaper and tv media do not report on. The narrator is also to be complimented on his delivery. David Finkel, thank you for this up close insight into "the surge"
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- Orca
- 05-30-15
Fascinating and troubling.
A good insight into the moral and ethical chaos of war, the camaraderie of people amidst that chaos and the ambiguities that ensue.
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- David
- 07-02-10
The true story of war
Excellent. The story behind the headlines. The story of the men and what happens in war
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- Phil
- 11-25-10
Captivating
Really enjoyed this audiobook. Mark Boyett is a great narrator and the story is first class, both inspiring and heart wrenching.
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