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Title: Navy Seals: A History : Post-Vietnam to the Present by Kevin Dockery, Bud Brutsman ISBN: 0-425-19034-X Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: 02 September, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Missed opportunity, or mis-titled
Comment: Dockery's book is titled "a history," but it's not.
This book is an Ode to the Navy Seal, and there are many personal stories in the "there I was in the jungle" and "the making of a Navy Seal" veins, but any type of overview, or where the Seals fit into the overall strategy, or critical analysis of how the political considerations driving the civilian leadership either directed or limited the actions of the Seals, is largely missing. Analysis is largely limited to "the President said go, and we went." Even the Gulf of Tonkin incident in August 1964, widely acknowledged to be mistaken, is accepted at face value. The many interviews quoted at length give the book a very episodic feel. There is, I believe, not one negative word about the Seals, or their success in Vietnam, in this book.
The pictures and narratives are good in giving the reader a sense of what it's like to be a Seal, how the Seals operate on their missions, the tools they use, and how important the concept of "team" is to the effectiveness of the Seals. Buy it for this purpose, if you wish, but not to gain any concept of history.
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the best accounts of the UDT/SEAL Teams in Vietnam!
Comment: This is the second volume of Kevin Dockery's collection of oral history of the Navy SEALs. His first volume, 'Navy SEALs: A History Of The Early Years' was released about a year ago. I believe a third and final volume about the Navy SEALs and their operations during the Persian Gulf conflict will be released next year.
In part two of this fascinating history of the Navy SEALs Kevin Dockery again presents a collection of oral accounts by former UDT and SEAL team members. Famous, former, frogmen like Richard Marcinko (Commander, USN (Ret.)) and Governor Jesse Ventura are just some of the SEALs that recount their operations during the South East Asian conflict.
My favorite feature about this second volume are the numerous rare black and white photographs depicting the UDT and SEAL team members in action.
If you have enjoyed Chief James Watson's 'Point Man' and all the other Richard Marcinko books, then you will definitely want to read 'Navy SEALs: A History Part II: The Vietnam Years.
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Title: Navy Seals: A History of the Early Years by Kevin Dockery ISBN: 0425178250 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: 07 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: The U.S. Navy Seals: Sea, Air, and Land Specialists by David Jordan, Dick Couch ISBN: 1592230601 Publisher: Thunder Bay Press (CA) Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.98 |
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Title: Warrior Soul : The Memoir of a Navy SEAL by CHUCK PFARRER ISBN: 1400060362 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 30 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: The Finishing School : Earning the Navy Seal Trident by DICK COUCH ISBN: 1400046548 Publisher: Crown Pub. Date: 09 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: To Be a U.S. Navy SEAL by Cliff Hollenbeck, Dick Couch ISBN: 0760314047 Publisher: Motorbooks International Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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