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No Way Out

A Story of Valor in the Mountains of Afghanistan

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No Way Out

De: Mitch Weiss, Kevin Maurer
Narrado por: Corey M. Snow
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In a remote enemy-held valley in Afghanistan, a Special Forces team planned to scale a steep mountain to surprise and capture a terrorist leader. But before they found the target, the target found them. The team was caught in a deadly ambush that threatened not only their lives but the entire mission.

The elite soldiers fought huddled for hours on a small rock ledge as rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine-gun fire rained down on them. With total disregard for their own safety, they tended to their wounded and kept fighting to stay alive. When the battle finally ended, 10 soldiers had earned Silver Stars - the army's third highest award for combat valor. It was the most Silver Stars awarded to any unit in one battle since Vietnam.

Based on dozens of interviews with those who were there, No Way Out is a compelling narrative of an epic battle that not only tested the soldiers' mettle but serves as a cautionary tale. Be careful what you ask soldiers to do, because they will die trying to accomplish their mission.

©2012 Mitch Weiss and Kevin Maurer (P)2017 Tantor Ejército y Guerra Fuerzas Armadas Fuerzas Especiales y de Elite Guerra de Afganistán Guerras de Iraq y Afganistán Guerras y Conflictos Militar Oriente Medio Military Nonfiction
Heroic Story • Compelling Narrative • Multiple Perspectives • Historical Significance • Intense Battle
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The detailed content made me feel like I was there! Incredible story of heroism!! Weiss and Maurer seek to tell the full story of what happened on April 6, 2008. They do well to paint the whole picture, warts and all. This is a fantastic book.

Excellent book for historical warfare!

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This book was well put together and well narrated as a former military myself, this book brought tears to my eyes.

Great book

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You have to just get through the first part. The second half of this book is riveting. I highly recommend reading this.

Started slow, then was great

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It’s humbling to read the lengths our military will go to do the right thing for the right reasons.

Great story!!

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I also saw the political side of the military. To many times the field grade officer's did not want to hear the truth on how Afghan soldiers were progressing. The truth needs to be told.

Politics in Military

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There is no greater sacrifice than a man should lay down his life for his brother.

GOD Bless

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Book does jump between characters retelling events from POV's. Hard to stop towards the end

Hard to put down

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Great story, tragic that this mission was imposed to the troops with no repercussions of the poor planning from the higher ups. God Bless our soldiers.

Fighting for your brothers

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As a student of military history and combat in the 20th and 21st Century to-date, this book provides the reader with the most glaringly apparent parallels to, and divergences from our long and ultimately ineffective attempts to bring peace, stability, and freedom to a foreign land. First and foremost, the SF officer who demanded that both the operation move forward without alteration, after the repeated and vigorous protests of those SF pros who would actually be executing the op, and demanded that it have “an Afghani face on it” should have faced a career ending event. If he was allowed to even remain in the military, much less SF, or worse still, continue to advance in rank would be, in my opinion, truly criminal. The second half of that condemnation also applies to whomever up the chain of command, including, perhaps especially politically driven leaders, should also be subject to career ending consequences. As to the account of the events of that particular op, it was as vivid, accurate, unflinchingly honest retelling of the chaos of battle that I’ve ever heard or read. The description and discussion of the strategy and tactics involved were spot on. Both how the attack should have been executed, as well as the debacle of a plan that was forced upon these SF operators, are easily understood by even the uninitiated in military TTPs. In comparison and contrast to the Viet Nam conflict, the current crop of SF direct action operators stacks up well with the professionalism, daring do, and ability to improvise under extreme conditions seen in the 8 year secret war in South East Asia by SOG recon teams. Ironically, by and large one glaring difference is the performance of the SF indigenous forces that were operating with our American force multipliers. The SOG indigenous forces were highly courageous, and performed in the field with expertise that can only be truly gained by actually living where you have to engage in battle. The Afghans were, contrary to the SOG ingenuous personnel, more akin to the reputation of the South Viet Nam Army’s, who on the whole seemed less invested in the protection and defense of their own country than were the American mainstream military forces. An unwillingness to fight, to misuse or fail to retain their American hardware, and leadership based more upon political or other (corrupt) considerations was also deeply flawed to the point of being reckless to pair them with American lives. The “commandos” indigenous forces that were demanded to be taken to this battle, to “put an Afghan face on it” stinks of political driven propaganda vs tactically sound practices. Again and again, the old and tired truth that we fail to heed our history and correct past mistakes is made completely apparent in this book. Politicians and officers seeking to advance in rank, both do not belong in the trenches making operational decisions. Yet again and again, such stupid and intransigent micromanagement of actual battle plans costs American lives; ultimately costs American victories. The book “No Way Out” is perhaps the best book I’ve ever read/heard in my 64 years. It encapsulates all that is wrong, and all that is right, with the American military and political landscape. Required reading by one wishing to understand how/why we lost our 20 plus year fight in Afghanistan.

Intense!

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was just a bit hard to follow at times as chapters were from each of the soldiers perspectives. I would still highly recommend.

very good story

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