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Title: Dead Center : A Marine Sniper's Two-Year Odyssey in the Vietnam War by Ed Kugler ISBN: 0-8041-1875-2 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 29 May, 1999 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.36 (44 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Not so intense marine action
Comment: Let's be honest: if you want a high-intense marine sniper action, you have to buy "Marine Sniper, 93 Confirmed Kills". Dead Center is more about the life of a marine sniper on Vietnam based on a every-day point of view. Sometimes the book tells you how boring was life on the camp. However, this doesn't mean the book is not helpful and entertaining. If you want to know how a marine lived on Vietnam, read this book but, if you want to read exciting stories about impossible sniper missions and crude enemy infiltration operations, you should try "Marine Sniper, 93 Confirmed Kills".
Now, about the book, its very funny to learn how the snipers made life on war fun, and how they killed boreness with certain games that we may call stupid. Besides, we get to know the impact of war on people's behavior, and how the sniper, because of being sniper, was more vulnerable to severe behavior changes after some time on war. The story about sniper missions are not very exciting.
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the most intriguing and real books about Vietnam.
Comment: I thought that this book was outstanding. It really gave me a feel of what it was like to live the life of a Marine sniper during that turbulent time. The action and suspense will keep you turning the pages. I read the whole book in two days. I couldn't put it down. Mr. Kugler gives the reader a good insight into what it was really like to be over there. Some of the grim realities of war are portrayed better most I have read. I was really moved with how he expressed the bond of brotherhood between himself and his fellow Marines. Anyone who is interested in this type of book must read "Dead Center"!
Rating: 5
Summary: No BS Great Read
Comment: How someone can write a review of this book that is bad I have no idea. It was completely awesome. Ed Kugler skips political 'correctness' and goes straight to the point. Raw, the uninhibated truth. The story of his two years in Vietnam is compelling. In the begining of the book, he's an ordinary middle america kid. By the end of the book I feel Vietnam took a toll on his sanity. Alot of the book isn't really sniper warfare, but close to it. The focus is more on what he called 'Rouge' patrols, a group of 4-5 men, going out into the badlands and killing the enemy. The language, yes it is vulgar, but I think it captures the way he was back then. As others have wrote, I felt I knew Mr. Kugler at the end of his book, which I thought was great. Awesome read, couldn't put it down!!
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Title: Marine Sniper: 93 Confirmed Kills by Charles Henderson, E. J. Land ISBN: 0425103552 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: September, 1991 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: 13 Cent Killers : The 5th Marine Snipers in Vietnam by JOHN CULBERTSON ISBN: 0345459148 Publisher: Presidio Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Inside the Crosshairs: Snipers in Vietnam by Col. Michael Lee Lanning ISBN: 0804116202 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 29 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: One Shot One Kill : One Shot One Kill by Charles W. Sasser, Craig Roberts ISBN: 0671682199 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1990 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Dear Mom by Joseph T. Ward ISBN: 0804108536 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 31 August, 1991 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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