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Title: American Soldier: Stories of Special Forces from Iraq to Afghanistan (Adrenaline Series) by Nate Hardcastle, Clint Willis ISBN: 1-56025-438-6 Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press Pub. Date: November, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A very good read -
Comment: The first 3/4 of this book are 5-star, but it slips a bit toward the end when it dredges up Vietnam stories (one of which is fiction). Couple things to realize - first, it's not 368 pages - it's under 300. Second - it's not the stuff they advertise. Blow up the cover photo above to see what's really in there. No Peter Maas, no Stanton in Somalia, no Baer of the CIA and no Scott O'Grady, who wouldn't have belonged anyway, not being Special Forces. You get a really good article on SF in Afghanistan, a thrilling story from Desert Storm, an interesting story from Honduras, a couple of riveting reads from Haiti, and of course a chunk of Black Hawk down. But by page 172 you're back in Vietnam reading tired stuff you've seen before. It's worth buying for the first 172 pages, but given the subtitle, I wish Mr. Hardcastle had included some of what was advertised instead of the Vietnam stuff. Still and all, you won't put it down once you start - it's a two-day read and you'll enjoy it.
Rating: 4
Summary: A broad sampling of material...
Comment: Unfortunately, most of the material here has been published prior to this book. There are a few original pieces though. The first is the only one that deals with Afghanistan("The Legend of Heavy D"). Most of the remaining originals deal with either Somalia or Vietnam...There was one particularly interesting piece about Green Berets training terrorists in Libya that I'd never heard of before in any of my extensive USSOF research. I got it to add to my SF library, but it's not essential. If you haven't read Mark Bowden, Eric Haney and Robert Baer's books (all excellent) this will provide you with some good samples ^_^
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Title: The Hunt for Bin Laden by Robin Moore ISBN: 0375508619 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 04 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: No Room for Error: The Covert Operations of America's Special Tactics Units from Iran To Afghanistan by Benjamin F. Schemmer, Col. John T. Carney ISBN: 0345453336 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 12 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Inside Delta Force : The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit by ERIC HANEY ISBN: 0385336039 Publisher: Delacorte Press Pub. Date: 14 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: The Commandos by Douglas C. Waller ISBN: 0440220467 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 01 July, 1995 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Adrenaline 2000: The Year's Best Stories of Adventure and Survival by Clint Willis ISBN: 1560252995 Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press Pub. Date: 30 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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