Murphy's Law

✍ Scribed by Murphy, Jack

• Publisher: Threshold Editions
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Series: Threshold non fiction original hardcover
• Edition: First Threshold editions hardcover edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Prologue -- Part 1. No plan survives first contact with the enemy -- Friendly fire isn't -- Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong -- Ranger day and time sensitive targets -- If enough data is collected, a board of inquiry can prove anything -- Luck can't hold out against Murph -- For every action there is an equal and opposite criticism -- The wedding crashers -- Part 2. The fire pit -- Anything you do can get you killed, including doing nothing -- Covering conflict: Switzerland to Syria -- Flapping in the breeze -- Dark news -- Humvees and IEDs -- Another surreal journey: meeting President Assad in Damascus -- No matter which way you have to march, it is always uphill -- Controversy and upsets -- Epilogue.;"A heart-pounding military memoir from a former Army Ranger sniper and Special Operations weapon sergeant-turned-journalist about the incredible highs and devastating lows of his career."--Provided by publisher.

✦ Table of Contents

Prologue --
Part 1. No plan survives first contact with the enemy --
Friendly fire isn't --
Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong --
Ranger day and time sensitive targets --
If enough data is collected, a board of inquiry can prove anything --
Luck can't hold out against Murph --
For every action there is an equal and opposite criticism --
The wedding crashers --
Part 2. The fire pit --
Anything you do can get you killed, including doing nothing --
Covering conflict: Switzerland to Syria --
Flapping in the breeze --
Dark news --
Humvees and IEDs --
Another surreal journey: meeting President Assad in Damascus --
No matter which way you have to march, it is always uphill --
Controversy and upsets --
Epilogue.

✦ Subjects

Afghan War, 2001-;Iraq War, 2003-2011;Snipers;Snipers--United States;Special operations (Military science);Special operations (Military science)--United States--History--21st century;War correspondents;War correspondents--United States;Biography;Biographies;History;Personal narratives;Murphy, Jack, -- 1983-;United States. -- Army. -- Battalion, 3rd -- Biography;Special operations (Military science) -- United States -- History -- 21st century;War correspondents -- United States -- Biography;Snipe