Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - Wesley - GoodreadsEngrossing, humble, and informative. Provides textbook scenarios and insight for anyone aspiring to hold a leadership position. Read full review
Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - David - GoodreadsIf you want a very good account of the trials and difficulties of today's combat leaders, look no further than this book. I highly recommend it for better understanding of our two currents wars. Read full review
Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - Eddy Allen - GoodreadsIf the Marines are "the few, the proud,” Recon Marines are the fewest and the proudest. Nathaniel Fick's career begins with a hellish summer at Quantico, after his junior year at Dartmouth. He leads a ... Read full review
Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - Keith Barton - GoodreadsIt saddens me (as a former Marine) to read about one of the most elite units in the Marine Corps being so damn dysfunctional - meaning seeing how the officers in First Recon behaved during this ... Read full review
Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - Brian - GoodreadsFirst person account of USMC officer training then deployment in Afghanistan and combat in Iraq. A quick & interesting read although some parts are more interesting than others. I especially found ... Read full review
Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - Peter Fortune - GoodreadsOne Bullet Away –- Nathaniel Fick –- 2006 Nathaniel Fick was a Marine Force Recon officer—the Marine equivalent of a Navy SEAL. He talks of his path to the SEALs and of the stresses on young military commanders, as well as his own experiences in Afghanistan. Read full review
Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - Thomas - GoodreadsHighly recommended for readers with aspirations of commissioning, particularly into the combat arms. Read full review
Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - Nick Bernie - GoodreadsWell written, thoughtful, humane. Classics scholar's journey to Recon Marine officer during the invasion of Iraq. Intelligent and critical. Read full review
Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - Ben - GoodreadsI read this because I was interested in hearing a different viewpoint from that of Evan Wright, the Rolling Stone reporter whose work became the book (and later the HBO miniseries) Generation Kill ... Read full review
Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - Tyler - GoodreadsI took a course in college called Gulf Wars. It covered the Persian Gulf War and OIF. Since I was in the first class offered, the reading list was rather small. Only three books. All three were ... Read full review
