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Tarfumes.com - Hogs in the Shadows: Combat Stories from Marine Snipers in Iraq
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List Price: $24.95
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Manufacturer: Berkley Hardcover
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 956.7044342
Format: Bargain Price
Label: Berkley Hardcover
Manufacturer: Berkley Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: 2007-12-04
Publisher: Berkley Hardcover
Studio: Berkley Hardcover
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Editorial Reviews:
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"In the heat of battle, they have one mission-and they accomplish it one bullet at a time."
In Operation Iraqi Freedom, there is a special breed of marine for whom the prey is the enemy-and every day is hunting season. This marine is a HOG-a Hunter of Gunman.
These are the gripping, gut-wrenching true stories of those marines in Iraq whose sole purpose on the battlefield is to take out the enemy-one combatant at a time. Every time a HOG puts his eye to the glass, it means death for whoever is unlucky enough to end up in his crosshairs. No warning shots. No disabling wounds. No regrets. That's what a HOG does.
Here, former Scout/Sniper Team Leader Milo S. Afong reveals what it takes to be a Hunter of Gunmen. He describes the intensive training that turns expert infantrymen into one-shot life-takers, building Marine Scout/Sniper teams and how they operate in the field-and under fire-and how HOGs get the job done under any conditions.
From sniping from a rooftop in Baghdad, to unknowingly being surrounded in a palm grove in the city of Hit, these stories will transport you right into the heat of the desert war, where one squeeze of the trigger can make all the difference."
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Summary: hogs
Comment: Very interesting inside view on the life of a military sniper/It shows the effect of a sniper on the battlefield/true life story's of combat snipers in Iraq.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good Insight, Hard To Read
Comment: I am an OIF/OEF vet.
GOOD- I like the book because it doesn't dwell too long on training, but does give you an outline of what Marines have to do to become snipers. You get a feeling for the culture, rights of passage and respect for warrior tradition the Marine Corps has. I served in the Army and I wish it had more of that, instead of just putting the word "warrior" in everything and handing out berets to everyone. The book then goes right into the stories, which are pretty good.
BAD- The book's writing reminds me of a grade school level "How To Make A Peanut Butter Sandwich" paper. That's the only bad thing about it, but it is hard to read.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Save Your Money
Comment: The book's subject matter is interesting, but it is poorly written. Endless clichés and fragmented sentences compete with brutally dull descriptions to goad the reader into closing the book before it is finished.
A ghost writer would have helped, and the editor was apparently taken out with a headshot before the draft was submitted. Of the dozen or so Iraq War books I have, this one is the most likely to be used to level my washing machine.
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Summary: WOODEN MEN & IRON SHIPS
Comment: This book is a collection of sniper war stories of the Iraq War.
The stories are well-written and interesting, but not awesome enough to keep you from mowing the yard or washing the car. The book wont keep you up past your bedtime.
These guys are not the warriors of Old. It's good they have marvelous toys and gadgets to do the work, but the humans come across as servants of the toys. Its the old wooden men & iron ships problem.
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Summary: realistic and visceral
Comment: I'm halfway thru this book and feel compelled to write a review.This is
the best book i,ve read on Iraq and i've read a lot.The combat descriptions are visceral brutal and graphic.I would recommend this book to anybody who wants a grunts eye view of the horrific urban warfare in Iraq.Highly recommended.
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