Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - Matt - Goodreads"Soldiering has one great trap...To be a good soldier you must love the army. But to be a good officer you must be willing to order the death of the thing you love. This is...a very hard thing to do ... Read full review
Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - Matthew - GoodreadsI listened to the audio-book, but I think that counts. The book is written with crisp, simple language that conveys one Marine's wonder at the duality of life in the Military. On one hand, it takes a ... Read full review
Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - Kim - GoodreadsRead Generation Kill a while ago and got this as a gift the year the miniseries came out. Was hanging around my bookshelf for a while and finally decided to read it. Enjoyed reading this book because ... Read full review
Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - Peter Buren - GoodreadsFick is a red blooded dude who joined the Marine Corps so he could struggle his way into the toughest jobs inside an already tough organization. This is red meat for those who served, and well-written ... Read full review
Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - Stephen Kennedy - GoodreadsI was made aware of this book after reading some reviews of Evan Wright's Generation Kill and after seeing the HBO Generation Kill Mini Series. The author is one of the characters in Wright's book and ... Read full review
Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - Ruthanne - GoodreadsAn interesting "behind the scenes" look from the eyes of a Marine officer who served in Afganistan and Iraq shortly after 9/11. It is easy for people to arm-chair quarterback from the safety of their ... Read full review
Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - Writerlibrarian - GoodreadsThis was an inside the Humvee, inside the life of a Marine platoon as you can ever be without being there. It's a no nonsense account of a young Recon lieutenant who lead his Marines and kept them ... Read full review
Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - Petabyte - GoodreadsI don't know why I feel sad after finishing this book. Struck with a sense of loss. Read full review
Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - Kathy - GoodreadsLearned a ton. Read full review
Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - Diane Paoni - GoodreadsYou may be familiar with Nathan Fick because a Rolling Stone reporter stayed with his platoon for awhile. Or because of his role in Generation Kill. Or maybe not at all because, though you have lots ... Read full review
