Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - GoodreadsThis was a very difficult book to read. A clear insight into our military....... the everyday in and outs. It took me a long time to finish, but I am very glad I did.
Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - GoodreadsThis book has garnered some scathing reviews due to its unflinching look at how the military really works. Some reviewers have had some rather unflattering things to say about Mr. Fick. To those ...
Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - GoodreadsAn excellent telling of one man's journey from civilian to Marine Officer. The author tells the story with a stripped down spartan frankness which I greatly appreciated. You get the sense that here is ...
Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - Amber - GoodreadsA fantastic memoir, and I came away from it feeling like I had actually learned something. Highly recommended to anyone interested in modern warfare. Read full review
Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - GoodreadsA fantastic memoir, and I came away from it feeling like I had actually learned something. Highly recommended to anyone interested in modern warfare.
Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - GoodreadsReading Fick's memoirs meant reliving personal history, but still realizing we all shared the same chunks of time. We're reborn in a caste of die-hard reflexes and flashbulb memories. It's deeper than ...
Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - Goodreadsgood to hear the boys perspective of what is really going on over there
Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - GoodreadsI met the author this weekend, and it's amazing how putting a face to the story makes it more compelling.
Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - GoodreadsFick writes as the adult in the room when compared to the account from Generation Kill, but hearing the events from the officer was a good read. I expect Fick to run for office in time, and this book will not diminish his ability to win.
Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - GoodreadsGreat novel. Told about/by a Marine who was a Platoon leader in Afghanistan, then in Iraq, then a company commander in one of them, I can't remember where. Its been about a year and a half since I read it lol.
