Sunday, March 3, 2013
Review: No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden
No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden by Mark Owen
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is a quick, great read. Owen takes us briskly from training and ops in Iraq to the Infil-Exfil in Abbotabad with the resultant killing of Usama Bin Laden. Lots of the details have already come out, but Owen's telling still makes for a tense mission inside Pakistan. Owen stresses something I found odd, how with the crash and so much noise, so little resistance happened, especially from Bin Laden himself. I found most interesting the smaller details of SEAL life and technology: weapon and gear customization and gun manufacturer connections, $65,000 four-lens nightvision, high praise for Salomon Quest boots, and Bin Laden's military neat personal effects.
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