Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - Angelo - GoodreadsThe book was given to me by my older brother years ago. I enjoyed the beginning about his reasons for joining the Marine Corps and his career path. If you have any interest at all for the Marine Corps ... Read full review
Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - John - GoodreadsEvery Marine Officer should read this book. It offers a different perspective on the wars of Iraq and Afghanistan from the view of an infantry officer. Read full review
Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - Alex - GoodreadsI read this as a result of Generation Kill, both the TV series and the book. It is similar in some ways although broader and longer in scope. The challenges of simply qualifying as an officer at the ... Read full review
Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - Brewergnome - GoodreadsReally enjoyable, approachable, and vivid. A nice insight. Re-read twice. Read full review
Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - Randall - GoodreadsThe only down side to this book is that it was so completely true and revealing of the process the Corps uses to make a Marine officer that the Corps has had to rework their "curriculum". Ever Marine ... Read full review
Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - Crookshanks - GoodreadsOne Bullet Away chronicles the experiences of Nate Fick from the time he decided to enlist as a US Marine until his return from war. You quickly become engrossed in his story of the making of a Marine ... Read full review
Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - ainsley - GoodreadsFick writes simply and beautifully, and doesn't make anything out to be bigger or smaller than it really is. His honest descriptions of his own motivations and reactions made the book an enjoyable and inspiring read. Read full review
Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - Justin - GoodreadsGreat read, even if it is about Marines.. Read full review
Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - Nick Lloyd - GoodreadsI wish I had read this before joining the army. While he seems to over-dramatize some of the less exciting training events (such as rifle qualification or situational training evals), on others he is ... Read full review
Review: One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
User Review - Mike - GoodreadsOne Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer is a narrative on the military and war from an Ivy League liberal arts major. With Lt Nathaniel Fick's background in the classics, I was hoping for a ... Read full review
