Alpha: Eddie Gallagher and the War for the Soul of the Navy SEALs
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- Update Date：2025-09-08
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- Author：David Philipps
- ISBN：0593238389
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This is a book to make your blood boil。 Expertly reported and written， Alpha details a truly shameful national episode， and stands as a powerful corrective for those who mistake cruelty for toughness and equate war with murder。Mark Bowden， New York Times bestselling author of Black Hawk Down and Hue 1968This is one of the best books to come out of the Iraq war。 It is also one of the saddest。 There have been many books about Navy SEALs and snipers， but Alpha is by far the most important。 I think This is a book to make your blood boil。 Expertly reported and written， Alpha details a truly shameful national episode， and stands as a powerful corrective for those who mistake cruelty for toughness and equate war with murder。Mark Bowden， New York Times bestselling author of Black Hawk Down and Hue 1968This is one of the best books to come out of the Iraq war。 It is also one of the saddest。 There have been many books about Navy SEALs and snipers， but Alpha is by far the most important。 I think it will be required reading for the Navy， as Black Hearts has become for the Army。 Anyone who cares about the American military needs to read this。Thomas E。 Ricks， bestselling author of Fiasco， First Principles， and The GeneralsAlpha is a phenomenally reported， deeply compelling portrait of moral courage and moral cowardice in the SEAL teams。 Philipps details not simply the many failures of leadership within SEAL ranks that enabled war crimes， jeopardised the mission， and risked the lives of service members， but also the culture that made accountability almost impossible。 Superb。Phil Klay， National Book Award–winning author of Missionaries and RedeploymentAlpha is an important， infuriating， meticulously researched account of modern warfare that I found nearly impossible to put down。Jon Krakauer， New York Times bestselling author of Where Men Win Glory and Into the WildNew York Times reporter Philipps presents an enthralling， blow-by-blow account of the 2019 court-martial of US Navy SEAL platoon chief Eddie Gallagher for stabbing a wounded ISIS prisoner to death … This is the definitive portrait of a saga that exposed deep fault lines within an elite fighting force。Publishers Weekly， starred reviewPulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter Philipps delves deeply into Gallagher's 15-year SEAL career， his 2018 court-martial， and SEAL culture … Philipps is at his best when recounting the unraveling of Gallagher's trial and how the seemingly strong case resulted in an acquittal … This often-gripping narrative will appeal to readers interested in US military courts' prosecution of war crimes， or the mindsets of combatants in modern warfare。Library Journal， starred review 。。。more
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