American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History Author: Chris Kyle | Language: English | ISBN:
B005GFPZYK | Format: EPUB
American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History Description
Gripping, eye-opening, and powerful, American Sniper is the astonishing autobiography of SEAL Chief Chris Kyle, who is the record-holding sniper in U.S. military history. Kyle has more than 150 officially confirmed kills (the previous American record was 109), though his remarkable career total has not been made public by the Pentagon.
In this New York Times bestselling memoir, Kyle shares the true story of his extraordinary decade-long career, including his multiple combat tours in Iraq (Operation Iraqi Freedom) and elsewhere from 1999-2009.
Kyle’s riveting first-person account of how he went from Texas rodeo cowboy to expert marksman and feared assassin offers a fascinating view of modern-day warfare and one of the most in-depth and illuminating looks into the secret world of Special Ops ever written.
- File Size: 2254 KB
- Print Length: 525 pages
- Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0062107062
- Publisher: William Morrow; Reprint edition (January 3, 2012)
- Sold by: HarperCollins Publishers
- Language: English
- ASIN: B005GFPZYK
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,085 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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- #2
in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > History > World > 21st Century - #3
in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > History > Americas > United States > Military History > Iraq War - #5
in Books > History > Military > Iraq War
Very broad stroke tale of Chris Kyle's career as a SEAL. Broad in the sense that there is very little detail on actual shots taken/contact with enemies (where he actually engaged targets in his capacity as a sniper).
I was initially going to review the book after having read the first 30% of it which left me a bit disappointed but I decided to give it a chance, and finished it before re-writing my entire review. I fully agree with some of the previous reviews that the writing could have been better and I have to admit that I actually started wanting to skip all the passages written by Chris's wife (Taya) entirely. It does give a bit of perspective on their private life but as a shooter I was more interested in Chris's actual accounts.
I found it very interesting (and initially a bit brazen) how Chris starts his book exactly the same way Carlos Hatchcock* did with his autobiography referencing having had to kill a woman the same way Carlos started his book having had to kill a boy. Later in the book Chris pays homage to Carlos so the similarity became understandable.
* Carlos Hathcock - technically the best sniper ever to have walked the earth and probably the best written Sniper autobiography to date)
Comparing the countless records on fighting in wars like Vietnam compared to modern day warfare in places like Iraq you cant seem to shake the feeling that the enemy guys like Chris face there just aren't cut from the same cloth. The Vietcong were a very formidable enemy, living the war and being excellent at guerilla warfare, tracking, planning and even having some superb snipers in their ranks.
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