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Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10

Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10
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Four US Navy SEALS departed one clear night in early July, 2005 for the mountainous Afghanistan-Pakistan border for a reconnaissance mission. Their task was to document the activity of an al Qaeda leader rumored to be very close to Bin Laden with a small army in a Taliban stronghold. Five days later, only one of those Navy SEALS made it out alive.

This is the story of the only survivor of Operation Redwing, SEAL fire team leader Marcus Luttrell, and the extraordinary firefight that led to the largest loss of life in American Navy SEAL history. His squadmates fought valiantly beside him until he was the only one left alive, blasted by an RPG into a place where his pursuers could not find him. Over the next four days, terribly injured and presumed dead, Luttrell crawled for miles through the mountains and was taken in by sympathetic villagers who risked their lives to keep him safe from surrounding Taliban warriors.

A born and raised Texan, Marcus Luttrell takes us from the rigors of SEAL training, where he and his fellow SEALs discovered what it took to join the most elite of the American special forces, to a fight in the desolate hills of Afghanistan for which they never could have been prepared. His account of his squadmates' heroism and mutual support renders an experience that is both heartrending and life-affirming. In this rich chronicle of courage and sacrifice, honor and patriotism, Marcus Luttrell delivers a powerful narrative of modern war.

 

What Customers Say About Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10:

It is too amazing to even be manufactured. The story told in this book is beyond anything you can imagine.

This story is most certainly true.Upon reading this account of the most epic warriors in existence, you will walk away with an entirely new perspective on what these guys go through on behalf of the citizens of the United States of America. It is too amazing to even be manufactured.

I have been reading a ton of military non-fiction lately, and this book outshines everything I have read so far. God bless these guys wh.more I have been reading a ton of military non-fiction lately, and this book outshines everything I have read so far.

God bless these guys who are willing to go all the way for us. The story told in this book is beyond anything you can imagine.

This story is most certainly true.Upon reading this account of the most epic warriors in existence, you will walk away with an entirely new perspective on what these guys go through on behalf of the citizens of the United States of America.

One of the best books I've read in years. Well written and powerful account of a heoric mission that went horribly wrong. It's emotionally compelling and makes you feel like you are right there in the middle of the decision making and dealing with the results.

Sound familiar. He's a British elite SAS member stuck behind enemy lines with four others in Iraq. Just the facts Ma'am, alright.By the way, a much better book on this subject is 'BravoTwoZero' by Andy McNab.

You really root for the Navy SEAL's out there in the back lines of Afghanistan, but at the same time, you get distracted by the author's political view on liberals, politicians, and so forth. And these guys are brave, no doubt about it, but when you read a book that has an author that despises liberals as much as the Taliban, it's a bit hard to swallow. This book is a sort of double edged sword for me.

The funny thing is that I'm not even a liberal, but it was even hard for me to take. It is, but more than anything, it concentrates on the battle at hand, not the political battle at home. I just wish he could have stuck to the story about how they fought to the death, Alamo style.

In that respect, it truly is a heroic story.

I must say I also have grown to respect some of the Afghans based on this tale. I first learned of this story after hearing Marcus talk as the guest speaker at a corporate event. If you want to read a great story about love, faith and heart than this is for you. If you are a liberal you will hate this book so don't even bother. Having been a veteran but having not gone through anything near his ordeal I could at least put it in context. This story is both awe inspiring in the picture it gives us into the Navy Seals training and the picture it gives us of the great men serving this country.

He revealed little of his opinion other than to share what the story was about. I was struck by how the writer amplifies events for effect, i.e., he makes a perfunctory drive through Bahrain seem a scary, be on the lookout event, because of all those scary people there who don't like us. He asked me to read it and let me me know what I thought. And how the loathsome "liberal media" somehow emerges as worse than the Taliban, indeed targeting them for blame for the events that unfolded. A friend loaned me this book to read.

I certainly respect the heroics of all involved and there is a good story in here, but the person telling it comes off as so self aggrandizing and insufferable, that it ruins the whole affair. After I responded he laughed and said he had felt the same way. I could go on. Upon completion of this book, I returned to my friend who asked my opinion. Others have certainly noted this, but I have to add just how tiresome the "voice" of the writer is; how it sounds like someone who is talking to you at a bar, going on and on about their exploits. Unfortunately, since the writer is the only one who can tell the crucial part of this story, you only have his voice to go by. It is one poorly written book. This helped ruin the book for me since it happened in the beginning, I found myself suspicious of everything else that came after.

He read it based on the premise; an operation gone wrong and one man left to tell the tale. Having been to Bahrain on many occasions, walked unaccompanied, unarmed, through the streets at all hours, never feeling the least bit scared, I found this to be unbearable hyperbole. Finally, I agree with others who have stated that an editor might have helped. I found out after reading the book why he neglected to tell me more about it. And how you have to trudge through hundreds of pages before you even get to the event that the book is about.

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