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Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 |  | Author: Marcus Luttrell
Creator: Patrick Robinson
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Category: Book
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Media: Mass Market Paperback
Edition: Reprint
Pages: 464
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Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.1 x 1.3
ISBN: 0316044695
Dewey Decimal Number: 958.104
EAN: 9780316044691
ASIN: 0316044695
Publication Date: May 1, 2009
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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.
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 Stop What You're Doing and BUY THIS BOOK July 26, 2010
Bobby T (South Riding, VA)
There are few books in my life that will stick with me the way this one did. If you like stories of survival, you'll LOVE this book. Simply awe-inspiring. I never knew what sacrifices our soldiers make for us on a daily basis. Never appreciated it. Until now.
Five stars all the way.
 Unbearable reading July 24, 2010
ANDREAS SCHOECK (CAMBRIDGE, MA United States)
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
I rarely walk out of a movie but I have a done it a few times. I practically always finish a book once I have started reading it because I usually research it enough to know that the content interests me. I made it through the first 35 pages of "Lone Survivor" and it was some of the most painful reading I have ever done. All my life I have been fascinated by the military, in particular Special Forces. I have read a vast amount of military history and fiction, including Tom Clancy's and Patrick Robinson's works. I recently read Robert's Ridge and very much appreciated it. I really thought that "Lone Survivor" would be exactly what I was looking for. I have deep respect for the discipline, strength, the exceptional stamina, devotion and professionalism of members of special forces teams of all countries who employ them. And while I understand that Special Forces see themselves as just that, special, the way Luttrell goes on about the high standards of conduct of his "special breed of warriors", the superhuman qualities and essential flawlessness of his brothers in arms is just not credible. Maybe as a Texan this type of absurdly uncritical attitude of "We are the best" has been implanted in him from early on but for a person of at least high school education level with some trace of critical thinking, despite all the patriotism one may feel, reading this book is almost physically painful. Some passages are an indication of the author's blatant ignorance and his obvious subscription to G.W. Bush's misguided religious approach to the Irag and Afghanistan wars. I know that as a SEAL you have to be uncommonly strong, have uncommon will power and be uncommonly smart. What Luttrell proves is that you don't necessarily have to be uncommonly intelligent or educated to become a SEAL - he became one, after all. The passage "an insurgent fighting for some different god from our own, a god who somehow sanctioned murder of innocent civilians, a god who'd effectively booted the Ten Commandments over the touchline and out of play" is interesting. Does Luttrell portray a god as viewed by the insurgent or is this is own view of Islam? Here Luttrell becomes the worst kind of the "American tourist"-stereotype: uneducated and armed! At some point, Luttrell tries to give his very limited ten cents about the "Did Saddam have WMD?"-question. He goes way out of his league there, even trying to give a "Luttrell's quick guide to basic physics of the nuclear bomb" at some point. He seems to try to tell the reader from his isolated "I have been there on the ground, I know better than anyone else, you cannot argue with me" viewpoint that he has clear evidence of WMD (D for Destruction that is, not Disappearance) in Iraq and that there was evidence that Al Queda and Saddam were connected before Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld launched their large business adventure - the Iraq War. This is where the book turned from just very poor, immature writing style to just plain uneducated/unresearhed. It could have been written by George W. Bush himself. Bush used to (attempt to) talk in catch phrases senselessly lined up without connection. Were it not for the fact that even the Bush administration has in the meantime conceded that there is no proof of Iraqi WMDs and no connection between Saddam and Al Queda before it created one by embarking on a war backed only by Poland, Britain and the Kingdom of Tonga.
I think that Luttrell does the SEALs a disservice by having written this book. The first 35 pages I struggled through are full of cliches that are just not credible for a critical 21st century reader and are so full of uneducated statements that I had to stop reading...a rare occasion! I wholeheartedly advise against buying or reading this book!
Excellent July 21, 2010
S. J. Goralczyk (Fort Worth, TX)
I received the product very quickly and it was in excellent shape for an awesome price. The book was recommended to me by a friend and it was easily one of the best books I've ever read. Thanks for the great service!
Amazing story July 20, 2010
Brent Kelly (EL PASO, IL, US)
I was recommended this book from a friend and I so happy I took his advice. Putting all the political "stuff" aside that others have commented on, I was truly inspired by the incredible story.
The men and women that fight for our country are true heros and this story tells why. The story of the training to become a Navy SEAL and then this incredible mission was both a thrill ride and great story.
I could not put this book down and recommend everyone read this story. Kudos.
 Thrilling story July 19, 2010
kruise
This book has a fast hertbeating sequence of facts that decided about three Navy Seals' fate and the consequent fight for life for the author.
Great reading in a short time.
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