One bullet away : the making of a Marine officer
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Published
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2005.
Status
Downtown Branch - Adult Non-Fiction
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Published
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2005.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
369 pages : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
UPC
9780618556137
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A former captain in the Marines' First Recon Battalion, who fought in Afghanistan and Iraq, reveals how the Corps trains its elite and offers a point-blank account of twenty-first-century battle. Only one Marine in a hundred qualifies for Recon, charged with working clandestinely, often behind enemy lines. Fick's training begins with a hellish summer at Quantico, and advances to the pinnacle--Recon--four years later, on the eve of war with Iraq. Along the way, he learns to shoot a man a mile away, stays awake for seventy-two hours straight, endures interrogation and torture, learns to swim with Navy SEALs, and much more. His vast skill set puts him in front of the front lines. Fick unveils the process that makes Marine officers such legendary leaders and shares his hard-won insights into the differences between the military ideals he learned and military practice, which can mock those ideals.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Fick, N. (2005). One bullet away: the making of a Marine officer . Houghton Mifflin.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Fick, Nathaniel. 2005. One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer. Houghton Mifflin.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Fick, Nathaniel. One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer Houghton Mifflin, 2005.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Fick, Nathaniel. One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer Houghton Mifflin, 2005.
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