Shock effect: American snipers in the war on terror
Really only covers three separate areas in Iraq. One is back-to-back tours by SEAL team snipers in Ramadi, 2006; another is Marine snipers in Anbar province, 2004, and the last is Oregon NG scout-snipers in Baghdad, 2004, during the Sadr uprising then. The last one was the most intriguing to me, you can find plenty of books on SEAL and Marine snipers, I thought.
One of the authors is an Oregon journalist who embedded with the 2-162 Infantry, the other is a Marine gunnery sergeant, and most of the 2nd section is all his recollections, including some Somalia stories for completion.
Good reading, a fair description of sniper techniques, and three good looks at urban warfare from above street level.
__________________
My Twilight claim to fame: I ran "Allegheny Uprising" at Allegheny College, spring of 1988.
|