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    Shock Factor: American Snipers in the War on Terror
    Shock Factor: American Snipers in the War on Terror
    Shock Factor: American Snipers in the War on Terror
    Audiobook11 hours

    Shock Factor: American Snipers in the War on Terror

    Written by Jack Coughlin and John R. Bruning

    Narrated by Tony Ward

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    About this audiobook

    Retired Marine sniper Jack Coughlin and John Bruning pull back the curtain of secrecy to take an insider's look at the dark and misunderstood world of America's sniper force. Long considered the redheaded stepchildren of the infantry, snipers have been loathed by their fellow warriors, called "ten cent killers" by our media, and portrayed as unbalanced psychopaths by Hollywood. Coughlin and Bruning explore the lives and careers of some of America's most effective snipers during key missions, moments, and campaigns in the War on Terror. Part page-turning thriller, part deeply human drama, SHOCK FACTOR takes you from the streets of the modern day "Stalingrad" of Ramadi to the skyscrapers of Baghdad as America's one-shot warriors fight desperate battles against all odds, find themselves at the heart of tense international incidents, stalk key enemy leaders, and discover horrific human rights abuses perpetrated by our own Allies. Based on extensive interviews with snipers currently on active duty, SHOCK FACTOR'S gripping accounts of harrowing combat, buried truths and secrets revealed could only be told by snipers to a trusted member of their own elite and cloistered brotherhood. Gunnery Sgt. Jack Coughlin is the New York Times bestselling author of the autobiography, Shooter (with Donald A. Davis). He served with the Marines during the drive to Baghdad and has operated on a wide range of assignments in hot spots around the world. John R. Bruning is the author or coauthor of fifteen nonfiction books. He received the Thomas Jefferson Award for Journalism for an article he wrote while embedded with the 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade in Afghanistan.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateOct 28, 2014
    ISBN9781490639604
    Shock Factor: American Snipers in the War on Terror
    Author

    Jack Coughlin

    Gunnery Sergeant Jack Coughlin was with the Third Battalion, Fourth Marines during the drive to Baghdad and has operated on a wide range of assignments in hotspots around the world.

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      This book seemed to be have written to persuade people on how important snipers are in conflict. They are often cut first from military budgets and are soldiers suffer for it without exp ert snipers. This book was interesting because it explained how impactful the shock factor is in immobilizing and the enemy. When their comrade is shot out of nowhere, many people freeze and panic. The book also does a good job of emphasizing how technically difficult many of these long-distance shots are. It also made a point to say how these snipers are good people and are trying to protect others. They hate injustice and are willing to put themselves in danger to rescue people being tortured and persecuted by Islam terrorists.