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Shooter: The Autobiography of the Top-Ranked Marine Sniper |  | Authors: Jack Coughlin, Donald A. Davis, Casey Kuhlman
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Category: eBooks
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Rating:  39 reviews
Sales Rank: 11625
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Pages: 352
Number Of Items: 1
Dewey Decimal Number: 956.70443373092
ASIN: B003J48BKU
Publication Date: April 1, 2010
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Product Description
Jack Coughlin is the Marine Corps’ top-ranked sniper, the man who personally brings America’s military muscle to the enemy’s front door. In twenty years of active service, he has accumulated one of the most impressive records in the Corps, ranging through many of the world’s hot spots. During Operation Iraqi Freedom alone, he recorded at least thirty-six kills, thirteen of them in a single twenty-four-hour period. In Shooter, Coughlin has written a highly personal story about his deadly craft, taking readers deep inside an invisible society that is off-limits to outsiders. This is not a heroic battlefield memoir, but the careful study of an exceptional man as he carries forward one of the deadliest legacies in the U.S. military.
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 DONT THROW YOUR MONEY AWAY June 7, 2010
K. E. Sutherby (USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is full of contradictions and tales. It well known among Marine Sniper Instructors that the author isnt listed on any of the graduation roles at Camp Pendleton,Camp Lejeune or Quantico. .The self proclaimed title of top rated sniper is joke and insult to the sniper comunity and the Marine Snipers that have done far more and been awarded for there acts to include the Silver Star. Dont waste your time or money on this book.
 Overall, it is a good read February 2, 2010
Prime Meridian (USA)
After reading the book and THEN checking out the reviews I was surprised to see the wide range of takes. It seems most folks either loved it or hated it. The book doesn't have a lot of surprises but, all in all, it is a good read.
The biggest shortcoming of the book is really editorial, not the stories themselves. As others noted, some topics were introduced, but not covered in sufficient detail, and there was a little too much lurching in the transitions between personal/biographical, familial, technical, historical, and philosophical topics. However, those transitions were not nearly as bad as the lurches in Trigger Men. The problem with books like these is they can get too Clancey-esqe in both depth and breadth very quickly if one sets out to make a comprehensive, authoritative work. Sure, we'd all like to have a little more technical descriptions of the equipment used. But I don't want to read a 500 page tome, either. It also seemed to me the personal side of the story in the closing of the book was rushed and ended too abruptly. But you can't have it all, and only a very, very good editor (John Weisman is one of my favorites) can bring a golden balance of all those separate levels of information into a harmonious, fast-moving story.
Great read July 15, 2009
P. Gerald (Nashville)
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
I enjoyed this book very much. It was completely engrossing and hard to put down for the night.
 The best I have read! July 9, 2009
W. T. CHICK (By God, Texas)
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
Shoot, this is the best one I have read so far! I think I have read every sniper book there is, and this is the one I would site at the BEST! It talks about events that have happened in recent years, in Iraq, so it feels relevant. It also left me with a great appreciation for the determination and excellence of American soldiers and Marines.
Great Read!! July 8, 2009
G. Mcmanus (Grand Junction, CO)
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book is a fantastic read. It is fast moving and keeps you hooked to keep reading all the way thru.
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