by Mike Tucker
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In this raw and provocative new book, readers wear desert camouflage, climb to rooftops, and get behind the rifle with a platoon of elite Marine snipers and scouts in Iraq. Author Mike Tucker embedded with the unit for its entire combat tour in 2005 06 to tell this exclusive from-the-frontlines story. Ronin captures true-grit Marines at war as they reconnoiter Iraqi villages, track terrorist targets, grapple with unrealistic rules of engagement, and get the kill. It also contains the only firsthand accounts of such previously unreported actions as an Al Qaeda attack on a police station and the winter of the sniper when terrorist gunmen plagued Coalition forces in Fallujah.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
 Not well written and really nothing more than complaining, 2008-10-10
I ordered this book as I was a Hog in the early 70's. I was interested in how the men of today were handling combat. When I see what our troops have become it saddens me too some degree. Although I'm fully aware of errors that commanders make after a short while reading this that seemed to be the entire jest of the book. Proud of all the men serving.
I just had to put the book down before I even got into it very far as it just seemed to go on and on without merit. When you get one side of the story and it is preached time and again you just have to say enough.
My suggestion is to find another book to read.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 Ronin reality sniper situations, 2008-07-03
The book gives a good inside view in the life of snipers in combat.
As a non military person I can only have the deepest respect for people who fight for world peace and protect democracy.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
poorly written, less than satisfying, 2008-06-21
I had high hopes for this book, but was very dissapointed. The author feels the need to keep returning to the same event - granted it was pivital, but did not have to be repeated over and over again. The writing style was an attempt to convey feelings/opinions from Marines downrange, but the constant bravado and thrashing of the command structure really wears on the reader... Avoid this and save your money!
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
Poorly written, 2008-05-30
This book is more about the author than the "grunts". It is an attempt to tell the story of a unit in combat and does not come close to filling this goal. I don't doubt the author is brave, but he never really let's the men talk in detail in a coordinated manner. Totally disjointed writing.
4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
Ronin is a great learning tool!, 2008-02-01
I recommend Ronin to any military person getting ready to deploy to a combat zone. This book is an oral history with a lot of lessons to be learned. It is told from the actual Marines on the ground point of view. You can listen to the heartaches Ronin and others went through.
This book shows how ignorant and lack of knowledge, on the leaders part, can compromise the mission of scout/snipers. A scout/snipers basic employment tactic comes from common sense, which you will find is a key trait missing among the higher ups in this book.
After reading this book I hope other units and military leaders don't make the same mistakes Ronin's leaders made. It is a very simple concept to remember, listen to the Marines with the knowledge and experience. Scout/sniper school is one of the hardest, if not hardest school in the military, and when you combine that with 3 and 4 deployments its foolish to close your ears and turn your backs to them.
SEMPER FI
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