21st Century U S Military Afghanistan
Heart-pounding real-life tales from the military’s most experienced snipers From the peaks of Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush to the subtropical marshes of south central Iraq, American snipers have braved heart-pounding situations to hit their humane targets dead-on. Few military feats stir the imagination like the effigy of a pair of riflemen waiting quietly in a building, in a bomb crater, or a mountain pass for the enemy to walk into their crosshairs. Sniper comprises real-life tales from the military’s front line snipers, their hits and their misses, the anguish of loss, and the anxiety of the original kill. Authors Gina Cavallaro and Matt Larsen provide riveting accounts of American soldiers and marines on the battlefield, take a rare look at how Rangers and Special Forces snipers train and operate, and at why today’s wars have changed the military’s sniper competitions.
Review “The best-of-the-best snipers in action today talk about gunfights, long distance shots, stalking, and more. This is real, it is stirring, and yes, even horrifying.” - Larry Cox, Shelf Life
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21 of 22 humans found the following review helpful.
 As close as it could be
By Diggie
Being someone that has participated in sniper operations in both Afghanistan and Iraq I may say that this is the first, and only, authentic sniper book that has been published for the duration of the current conflict. Being a avid reader, I will pick up anything that has to do with the military. Unfortunately I have found very few realistic, authentic accounts of current combat operations. Sniper goes to great lengths to cover all distinct elements of sniping in the Global War on Terrorism. I like the fact that short stories were used, the reader gets to see the divergences amidst conducting sniper operations within a city and out in the rural areas, as well as how dissimilar units and sectionalizations of the military operate. The folks interviewed were superb professionals, I know this because I get to work with them. Great book Gina and Matt.
2 of 2 persons found the following review helpful.
 I liked the book
By Ivan Sisnev
Unlike other books on sniper’s role in combat, it seems to me that this one cast light on the subject from a more aroused point of view. No, no “sob stuff” in it but stories of dissimilar encounters and conclusions soldiers had to make are accompanied not only by arid facts but also by describing the way they thought and felt in regards to it, in hindsight as well. Two most moving and personal stories in the narrative hug the book as a whole – one starting the book and the other one ending it. These two will stand out in one’s mind and remind the reader of the “Sniper:…” and of the war on terrorism that may harldy be won.
7 of 18 persons found the following review helpful.
 Didn’t flow for me
By saudimike
I read it. that is a great deal of good news because if I don’t like a book at all I stop reading it. This book has a great deal of good stories but for me there was never actually a flow. These are short stories of dissimilar Snipers (God Bless them all), so I get that the whole book may not flow. But in some cases the person stories didn’t flow.
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