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[0] checkbox [#] position [cover] cover [title] title No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden [author] author Owen, Mark [isbn] isbn 0525953728 [isbn13] isbn13 9780525953722 [asin] asin [num pages] num pages 316 pp [avg rating] avg rating 3.92 [num ratings] num ratings 30,315 [date pub] date pub Jan 01, 2012 [date pub (ed.)] date pub edition Sep 04, 2012 [rating] Lucas's rating 3 of 5 stars [my rating] my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves [notes] notes Notes are private! [recommender] recommender none [comments] comments 0 [votes] votes 0 [read count] # times read 1 [date started] date started Jan 11, 2013 [date read] date read Jan 14, 2013 [date added] date added Jan 11, 2013 [date purchased] date purchased [owned] owned [purchase location] purchase location [condition] condition [format] format Hardcover [29] actions view [review] 
review The concept of an anonymous autobiography is problematic and this undermines the earlier portions of this book, but it gets better once it starts to c The concept of an anonymous autobiography is problematic and this undermines the earlier portions of this book, but it gets better once it starts to cover operations in Iraq or Afghanistan. There isn't a lot on the authors' pre-Navy Seal military experience or the admission process, and it seems like there is a large time gap between the author joining the Navy (in 1998?) and first combat (in 2003 or even 2004?), but this could be because the chronology is not linear and I wasn't completely paying attention to the audio book. There is a mention of his team having smoked a box of cigars sent from the NRA, which seems odd given that from what I can tell from this book the job of the Navy Seals over at least the last 10 years is to blow open the doors of anti-government/anti-U.S. gun owners in the middle of the night and kill them, or at least capture them and confiscate their weapons. ...more
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