Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 | 
 enlarge | Author: Marcus Luttrell
Creator: Patrick Robinson
Publisher: Back Bay Books
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Pages: 416
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Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.4 x 1.3
ISBN: 0316067601
Dewey Decimal Number: 920
EAN: 9780316067607
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Publication Date: May 1, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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Product Description
Four US Navy SEALS departed one clear night in early July, 2005 for the mountainous Afghanistan-Pakistan border for a reconnaissance mission. Their task was to document the activity of an al Qaeda leader rumored to be very close to Bin Laden with a small army in a Taliban stronghold. Five days later, only one of those Navy SEALS made it out alive.
This is the story of the only survivor of Operation Redwing, SEAL fire team leader Marcus Luttrell, and the extraordinary firefight that led to the largest loss of life in American Navy SEAL history. His squadmates fought valiantly beside him until he was the only one left alive, blasted by an RPG into a place where his pursuers could not find him. Over the next four days, terribly injured and presumed dead, Luttrell crawled for miles through the mountains and was taken in by sympathetic villagers who risked their lives to keep him safe from surrounding Taliban warriors.
A born and raised Texan, Marcus Luttrell takes us from the rigors of SEAL training, where he and his fellow SEALs discovered what it took to join the most elite of the American special forces, to a fight in the desolate hills of Afghanistan for which they never could have been prepared. His account of his squadmates' heroism and mutual support renders an experience that is both heartrending and life-affirming. In this rich chronicle of courage and sacrifice, honor and patriotism, Marcus Luttrell delivers a powerful narrative of modern war.
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 Unbelievable May 20, 2008
The book is both inspirational and heartbreaking. It is simply, but well-written. I hope some politicians read it (including Arlen Spector)and that they readdress their priorities. We are blessed to have people like them protecting us.
Jamie Baraldi
True American Heroes May 19, 2008
The men of SEAL Team 10 are true American heroes. This should be required reading for all Americans. Regardless of your political views, you cannot read this book and feel anything other than pride that men like Marcus, Mikey, Axe, and Danny are on our side.
 Great story tainted by juvenile rant May 14, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
There's much to admire about this book. The detailed description of SEAL training was fascinating, and as the author was relating this experience he had my attention, my sympathy, and my respect. The whole portrayal of the firefight and its aftermath, when the author is being sheltered by the Afghanis, was can't-put-it-down material.
But too often, someone - the author or his collaborator - feels compelled to inject their simpleminded paranoia about the liberal media into this otherwise fascinating story. At this point the whole thing turns into a Rush Limbaugh show, and the entire enterprise crashes to the ground.
And are we really supposed to believe that as the SEALs are heatedly whispering among themselves, debating whether to murder three shepherds that happen upon them, fearing for their lives as they keep one eye out for the Taliban and the other on their hostages, someone in the group actually warns against execution because "the liberal media" could find out about it and crucify the SEALs? Please...
 I am sure this will be a movie someday.... May 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
What a great little book about an amazing group of people who defend the USA from threats many of us are aware of, but know little about. The author, Marcus, is a Navy Seal who was involved with one of the worst disasters in Seal Team history. This book goes in depth into how someone becomes a Seal, and what the Seal's do for the military and our country. The training they go through is really unbelievable - that part of the book is as good as the story of the failed mission where Marcus has to survive for five days while being hunted down by the Taliban.
Marcus is a hard-core right-wing Texan - and he does not hide that fact. He is honest about what he believes about the media, the 'liberal' politicians, and the like. I may not agree with all of his political beliefs, but that does not change the fact that the story is truly moving. I honor what he, and others like him, do for the USA.
Joseph Valentine Dworak
Be careful! I started reading and I couldn't put it down! May 14, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
While reading this book, I felt I was Marc Lutrell and it was me going through SEAL training and fighting along side Axe, Mikey and Danny. Thats how well this book is written. It was an educational, exciting, painfully realistic, humorous and exhilerating read. This book will wake you up! It opens your eyes about the damage that liberal know nothing media, lawyers and politicians do to our military and war fighting capabilities. This is not a read, it is an experience.
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