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Stalkers and Shooters: A History of Snipers
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by Kevin Dockery
Sales Rank: 296993
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Discount: 32 %
$0.85
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Cover Type: Paperback with 384 pages
Published by: Berkley Trade July 3, 2007
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0425215423
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0425215425
Book Dimensions:
8.9 x 5.9 x 1.1 inches
Weighs: 13.6 ounces
Booklist
Dockery blends oral history and conventional narrative with consummate skill.
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.
Book Description
Now in paperback! From the author of the Navy SEALs Oral History series-an intimate look at the world's most efficient and deadly warriors.
Snipers have a rich history. This fascinating book follows their tasks and techniques from the Revolutionary and Civil Wars through both World Wars, to the Korean War and Vietnam-the genesis of modern sniping-to the current conflicts in the Middle East. Also, readers will see how sniping has evolved on the civilian side in law enforcement. Readers will learn about the tools of the trade, but most importantly, they will hear from the experts themselves: military snipers, as well as civilian police and SWAT snipers. Capturing the suspense and action of the hunt, the words of these men draw readers into the close-knit, little-known world of men who need only one bullet to get the job done.
Reader Reviews
Dockery, the author of a number of books on military subjects, phoned this one in. "Stalkers and Shooters" begins with several chapters that present a brief history of sniping. Readers of other books on sniping will recognize a number of the anecdotes Dockery uses. The discussion of current sniping focuses mainly on American snipers. Dockery includes sections of commentary from experienced police and military snipers. This is the portion of this work readers are likely to find most interesting. Unfortunately, the quality of this commentary is hit-or-miss. The better sections are informative and well-composed. Some of the others meander and could have used better editing, notably one in which the contributing sniper rambles on in a know-it-all way about, among other things, politics, journalism and grand strategy in Iraq. It doesn't fit in a book about sniping and some of the soldier's clear factual errors go uncorrected by the author. Photographs of soldiers holding sniping rifles dot the pages. Many of the photos were taken in Iraq. They are of good quality, but not all are closely related to the nearby text. There are more interesting and better-organized books on sniping available. Steer clear of this one.
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