Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - John - GoodreadsExcellent insight into the current crop of young leaders in our armed forces today. The author was a central figure in the book "Generation Kill" and his text adds some good background for those that ... Read full review
Review: One Bullet Away
User Review - Nicola - GoodreadsNate Fick seems like a classy guy and this is a classy, classy book. After graduating with a degree in Classics from Dartmouth, Fick joined the US Marine Corps as an officer candidate. While his ... Read full review
Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - GoodreadsI had seen this book, but avoided it for a while because it is hard to find military autobiographies that are insightful and meaningful and not just a vehicle for "hoo-ahh!" Then I stumbled upon the ...
Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - Tressa - GoodreadsThis book is a thought-provoking memoir of Nathaniel Fick's stint in the US Marine Corps. He discussed his training in the Marines, his tours in Afghanistan and Iraq, and his return to civilian life ... Read full review
Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - Anna - GoodreadsGreat book, very well written. Men with honor. I hope the marines of today will hold to their pledge to uphold and defend the constitution of the UNITED STATES... as opposed to the constitution of the North American Union. Read full review
Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - Shelly - GoodreadsI really enjoyed reading this book. It was very interesting to read about the war from an actual Marines perspective, and what it takes to become a Marine Officer. I just wished it went further into the war.....this book only covers the first couple of months. Read full review
Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - Chris Reinke - GoodreadsThis is an account of an Marine Corps infantry officer during the current global war on terror. It gives you a good idea, although often specific to his experiences, of what it was like for me and ... Read full review
Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - Ivan - GoodreadsBook is written by an infantry officer in same unit that Generation Kill was based on. Was a very honest look at Iraq and military life through the eyes of a Marine during training and war, where as Generation Kill was written by an embedded Rolling Stone journalist. Read full review
Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - Suzanne - GoodreadsGreat book by a Marine officer whose travels take him from a student of the classics at Dartmouth College into OCS, Afghanistan and Iraq. Read full review
Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - Erin - GoodreadsFacinating story of a young college man who chooses to join the Marines. He gives a glimpse into the making of an officer that is unblinking but not whinny. The story follows him through several deployments and shows what our servicemembers are going through. I highly recommend this book! Read full review
