Rating: ***
Tags: General, History, Biography & Autobiography, Military, Iraq War (2003-), 21st Century, Modern, Lang:en
Summary
"The raw and unforgettable narrative of the making of our
country's record-holding sniper, Chris Kyle's memoir is a
powerful book, both in terms of combat action and human
drama. Chief Kyle is a true American warrior down to the
bone, the Carlos Hathcock of a new generation." --CHARLES W.
SASSER, Green Beret (US Army Ret.) and author of "One Shot,
One Kill" He is the deadliest American sniper ever, called
“the devil” by the enemies he hunted and
“the legend” by his Navy SEAL brothers . . .
From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the
most career sniper kills in United States military history.
The Pentagon has officially confirmed more than 150 of Kyles
kills (the previous American record was 109), but it has
declined to verify the astonishing total number for this
book. Iraqi insurgents feared Kyle so much they named him
al-Shaitan (“the devil”) and placed a
bounty on his head. Kyle earned legendary status among his
fellow SEALs, Marines, and U.S. Army soldiers, whom he
protected with deadly accuracy from rooftops and stealth
positions. Gripping and unforgettable, Kyle’s masterful
account of his extraordinary battlefield experiences ranks as
one of the great war memoirs of all time.
A native Texan who learned to shoot on childhood hunting
trips with his father, Kyle was a champion saddle-bronc rider
prior to joining the Navy. After 9/11, he was thrust onto the
front lines of the War on Terror, and soon found his calling
as a world-class sniper who performed best under fire. He
recorded a personal-record 2,100-yard kill shot outside
Baghdad; in Fallujah, Kyle braved heavy fire to rescue a
group of Marines trapped on a street; in Ramadi, he stared
down insurgents with his pistol in close combat. Kyle talks
honestly about the pain of war—of twice being shot and
experiencing the tragic deaths of two close friends.
American Sniper also honors Kyles fellow warriors,
who raised hell on and off the battlefield. And in moving
first-person accounts throughout, Kyles wife, Taya, speaks
openly about the strains of war on their marriage and
children, as well as on Chris.
Adrenaline-charged and deeply personal,
American Sniper is a thrilling eyewitness account of
war that only one man could tell.
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