American Sniper
by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice
The most lethal sniper in US history on four tours in Iraq, the cost at home, and his wife Taya's interleaved perspective. Blunt, unreflective in places, and honest about marriage under deployment.
Read it if…
you want the sniper's war and its home cost.
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Skip it if…
you want reflection on the war's purpose; there is none.
Try instead: The Afghan Campaign →
Three things you will actually use
- War follows you home.
- Marriage needs presence, not just return.
- Service has a cost someone pays.
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Read Taya's sections.
Our verdict
The war and the home.
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