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Cover of Shock factor: America's snipers in the War on Terror

Shock factor: America's snipers in the War on Terror

โœ Scribed by Jack Coughlin


Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Year
2014
Tongue
en-US
Weight
210 KB
Category
Fiction

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โœฆ Synopsis


From the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir Shooter , comes a riveting narrative of how snipers have changed the course of America's war on al Qaida in the Middle East and Africa.

Retired Marine sniper Jack Coughlin (Shooter) and John Bruning pull back the curtain of secrecy to take an insider's look at the dark and misunderstood world of America's sniper force. Long considered the redheaded stepchildren of the infantry, snipers have been loathed by their fellow warriors, called "ten cent killers" by our media, and portrayed as unbalanced psychopaths by Hollywood. Coughlin and Bruning explore the lives and careers of some of America's most effective snipers during key missions, moments and campaigns in the War on Terror.

Part page-turning thriller, part deeply human drama, Shock Factor takes you from the streets of the modern day "Stalingrad" of Ramadi to the skyscrapers of Baghdad as America's one-shot warriors fight desperate...


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