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When the Tempest Gathers - From Mogadishu to the Fight Against ISIS, a Marine Special Operations Commander at War (Paperback)
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When the Tempest Gathers - From Mogadishu to the Fight Against ISIS, a Marine Special Operations Commander at War (Paperback)
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Loot Price R365
Discovery Miles 3 650
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This is quite simply the finest war memoir to emerge from the last
two decades of constant fighting.' - Bing West, New York Times
bestselling author of One Million Steps: A Marine Platoon at War
and Call Sign Chaos. These are the combat experiences of the first
Marine to command a special operations task force, recounted
against a backdrop of his journey from raw Second Lieutenant to
seasoned Colonel and Task Force Commander; from leading Marines
through the streets of Mogadishu, Baghdad, Fallujah and Mosul to
directing multi-national special operations forces in a dauntingly
complex fight against a formidable foe. The journey culminates in
the story's centerpiece: the fight against ISIS in which the author
is able to use the lessons of his harsh apprenticeship to lead the
SOF task force under his command to hasten the Caliphate's eventual
demise. Milburn has an unusual background for a US Marine, and this
is no ordinary war memoir. Very few personal accounts of war cover
such a wide breadth of experience, or with so discerning a
perspective. He has a keen eye and a level of perception surprising
for someone caught up in the midst of the fray. As Bing West
comments: His exceptional skill is telling each story of battle and
then knitting them into a coherent whole. By the end of the book,
the reader understands what happened on the ground in the wars
against terrorists over the past twenty years. Milburn tells his
extraordinary story with self-effacing candor, describing openly
his personal struggles with the isolation of command, post-combat
trauma and family tragedy. And with the skill and insight of a
natural story teller, he makes the reader experience what it's like
to lead those who fight America's wars.
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