The Longest Kill
eBook - ePub

The Longest Kill

The Story of Maverick 41, One of the World's Greatest Snipers

  1. 317 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Longest Kill

The Story of Maverick 41, One of the World's Greatest Snipers

About this book

Powerful and compelling, Craig Harrison's The Longest Kill is a must-read for fans of military memoirs .

It takes a tough mindset to be a successful sniper, to be able to dig in for days on your own as you wait for your target, to stay calm on a battlefield when you yourself have become the target the enemy most want to take out. Craig Harrison has what it takes and in November 2009 in Afghanistan, under intense pressure, he saved the lives of his comrades with the longest confirmed sniper kill - 2,475 meters.
In this unflinching autobiography, Craig catapults us into the heat of the action as he describes his active service in the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan, and gives heart-stopping accounts of his sniper ops as he fought for his life on the rooftops of Basra and the barren hills of Helmand province. Craig was blown up by an IED in Afghanistan and left battling severe PTSD. After his identity was revealed in the press he also had to cope with al Qaeda threats against him and his family. For Craig, the price of heroism has been devastatingly high.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Notice
  4. Author’s Note
  5. Dedication
  6. Prologue: Life or Death
  7. 1. Guns Are a Boy’s Best Friend
  8. 2. Joining the Army
  9. 3. Too Much Energy
  10. 4. The Balkans
  11. 5. Kosovo and Out
  12. 6. Invading Iraq
  13. 7. Becoming a Sniper
  14. 8. Insurgency in Iraq
  15. 9. First Afghan Tour
  16. 10. My Own Troop
  17. 11. Sniper Sense
  18. 12. The Longest Kills
  19. 13. Bullet Magnet
  20. 14. On Panda’s Ridge
  21. 15. Behind the Mask
  22. Epilogue
  23. About the Author
  24. Newsletter Sign-up
  25. Contents
  26. Copyright