A Sniper's Journey: The Truth About the Man Behind the Rifle - Brossura

Mitchell, Gary D.; Hirsh, Michael

 
9780451220516: A Sniper's Journey: The Truth About the Man Behind the Rifle
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ISBN 10: 045122051X ISBN 13: 9780451220516
Casa editrice: Dutton Caliber, 2007

Sinossi

A Vietnam sniper tells his story and reveals the battles he fought even after the war was over...

In 1968, Gary Mitchell enlisted in the Army and was sent to Vietnam, where he earned a reputation for keeping his head in extreme situations. This caught the eye of his superiors, who trained him in long-distance shooting, setting him on the path to becoming a sniper. Over a twenty-four-year career, Mitchell had twenty-four confirmed kills, most of these in Vietnam, where intelligence agents “borrowed” him from his Army unit.
 
This is not just the story of a man at war; it’s also about the war within the man, because the memories of his sniper missions followed him home, throughout his career and into civilian life. And as the years went by, the full realization of what he’d done in the line of duty came back to haunt Mitchell’s scarred conscience. With the love and support of his wife, Ellen, he struggled to understand what had happened to him, and what his actions revealed about him. And though the immediate horror of Vietnam was long past, he found himself facing a different kind battle—one that nearly destroyed him.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Gary D. Mitchell served in Vietnam, earning a Bronze Star for Valor, two Purple Heart Medals, and the Combat Infantryman Badge, and participated in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.

Michael Hirsh was a combat correspondent with the 25th Infantry Division at Cu Chi, Vietnam, in 1966, where he earned the CIB. In 2002 he was embedded with Air Force Combat Search and Rescue forces in Operation Enduring Freedom to write None Braver: U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen in the War on Terrorism. Hirsh is a George Foster Peabody Award and Writers Guild Award winner, as well as an Emmy winning documentary producer and investigative reporter.

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Editore
Dutton Caliber
Data di pubblicazione
2007
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
045122051X
ISBN 13 
9780451220516
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
288
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
non disponibile

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9780451216526: A Sniper's Journey: The Truth About the Man Behind the Rifle

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  0451216520 ISBN 13:  9780451216526
Casa editrice: New Amer Library, 2006
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