Richard Marcinko
started it nearly fifteen plus years ago but finished it now, Awesome read, scary to think what lies out there, Outstanding action as the threat of international terrorism brings focus to biological war
Excellent characters, realistic scenarios, nonstop counter terrorist action as highly trained men are forced to use their best to defeat a wealthy dedicated and totally unscrupulous adversary to prevent the loss of countless innocent lives.
The chase ranges from the Middle East, through Europe, and finally England where even the goodoldboy network provides some cover for these rich terrorists, Fascinating and complete and well worth the time, I started allof the first Rogue Warrior books at the same time roughly and was most impressed with bookas I sensed a progression in the characters and the style of writing.
I actually liked the story in book one, though not so much in book two, with the story stepping up again in book, I'm ready to tackle the rest of the series, but I'm only reading one at a time as it's not fair to my mind trying to juggle the stories all at once.
They are enjoyable, though. I don't know why I rated this one four, This one held up over time, I'd have kept going, but I needed to start my research for my next project, even better Outstanding book!
I gave five because this book is a work of nonstop action, It is full of lessons and Captain Marcinko's personal reflections, I absolutely loved this book and highly recommend it! If this book is indeed all fiction, then Marcinko and his co writer have a knack for making it read like the first Rogue Warrior book, in the first person.
If there is any basis in fact for this book, then the truth is definitely stranger than fiction, What crap! but maybe I'm jealous, actually, almost entertaining, certainly light reading for the airport, Insanity that these are all real life stories! For some reason, I liked this one better than, I think I've learned to accept it for what it is: a military action novel filled with plausible details and minutia, and narrated by a completely unlikable protagonist.
First, the good, If you like technical details about military stuff, you'll eat this book up, There are whole paragraphs devoted to the triggerweight on the HampK USP, the various kinds of plastic explosives, breaching methods of CT teams, how seawater can destroy parachutes, and more.
It's clear that if Marchinko isn't heavily involved in the technical details, then Weisman is really good at making them up, It made me feel like a kid again, pouring over military books and technical manuals,
Of course, the downside to all this is you have to read it through the perspective of Marchinko's Ego, No longer bound to the realms of autobiography, the fictional Dick gets to swagger about, disobey all authority, and still get his man, More than just abrasive, he's abusive, but the novel allows him to pretend that he's really just showing affection for his men, and everyone appreciates him for it.
Marchinko is the worst part of his own books,
There's a few other oddities, The British people are basically parody one has a monocle and exclaims "I say!" a lot, not even joking, There's way too many SUA's that's single use acronyms, for those not ITK which is in the know for you newbies, Oh, and NOVELS DON'T NEED INDEXES,
For me I enjoyed the technical details more than I hated Marchinko's ego, so I ended the book with a net positive, I kinda added this to my "read" list as a joke, but I really did read it, My husband likes to say "books are bad" just to get my goat, . . he's read this entire series I think, I read this one while in grad school for a class where I was required to read all different genres, Big Dick Marcinko, SEAL legend, sure can tell a story! Action and violence and testosterone galore, Nothing he says or does would fly today of course, and at least he's aware that his type is being phased out if not already completely out but it kept him alive through multiple tours in Vietnam and other fights in his life and he made it all the way toyears old so he must've been doing something right.
Another great book in the series
Great actionadventure taking mostly place in Europe and Afghanistan and making you wonder what is real or fiction!
However he still hasn't exacted His Revenge against pinky Prescott yet.
Marcinko discovers a holy war is brewing a violent religious movement, encircling the globe and zeroing in on the West, Defeating that menace will be the supreme test of Marcinko's Green Team, a topsecret unit operating outside the U, S. military's chain of command. But in Washington, the political wolves select Dick Marcinko as their sacrificial lamb, For the Rogue Warrior it's time to declare a holy war of his own, The enemy may have the ultimate weapon, but Green Team has Marcinko's Tenth Commandment of SpecWar:
He sure does like to say "fuck" a lot, Demolition Dick does not disappoint, Good 'ol good vs. evil. Marcinko is as tough as they come, And his career tales as a frogman always keep me turning the pages, Damn fun, very funny in parts, and packed with adventure, action and revenge, Loved it, page after page, and could not put it down, Never Enough
God rest his fucking Slovak soul! Have a Bombay on me in Heaven, Sir!
Read the books, Read the books. Interesting plots, but the abridged versions are much too short for my liking, I don't have time to get acquainted with the characters or the plot itself and the book is finished, Audible has several unabridged Rogue Warrior novels, but they are deep into the series and I'd rather find early works to follow the progression of his missions, Marcinko provides a view of the naked brutality of special warfare without the PC coating, How close the story follows any actual events is unknown since this is a work of fiction, Somehow I think it's closer than most people realize, Quite a wild ride! I have actually read this book several times, I enjoy Richard Marcincos books, I am a retired veteran so I am use to the military way of speaking and the acronyms, I can understand for the civilians who have no idea how reading this could be frustrating, The reason for the glossary, Besides the military jargon and
the profanity it is a pretty easy read, Richard Marcinko is the author of the Rogue Warrior thrillers and is a living, breathing hero honored with the silver star and four bronze for valor, along with two Navy Commendation medals and other honors.
After serving in Vietnam, he went on to start and command SEAL Team, the Navys anti terrorist group, and Red Cell, a high level anti terrorist unit, Marcinko keeps his hand in the field as the president of a private international security company and now lives in Warrington, Virginia, sitelink Richard Marcinko is the author of the Rogue Warrior thrillers and is a living, breathing hero honored with the silver star and four bronze for valor, along with two Navy Commendation medals and other honors.
After serving in Vietnam, he went on to start and command SEAL Team, the Navy's anti terrorist group, and Red Cell, a high level anti terrorist unit, Marcinko keeps his hand in the field as the president of a private international security company and now lives in Warrington, Virginia, sitelink sitelink.
Excellent characters, realistic scenarios, nonstop counter terrorist action as highly trained men are forced to use their best to defeat a wealthy dedicated and totally unscrupulous adversary to prevent the loss of countless innocent lives.
The chase ranges from the Middle East, through Europe, and finally England where even the goodoldboy network provides some cover for these rich terrorists, Fascinating and complete and well worth the time, I started allof the first Rogue Warrior books at the same time roughly and was most impressed with bookas I sensed a progression in the characters and the style of writing.
I actually liked the story in book one, though not so much in book two, with the story stepping up again in book, I'm ready to tackle the rest of the series, but I'm only reading one at a time as it's not fair to my mind trying to juggle the stories all at once.
They are enjoyable, though. I don't know why I rated this one four, This one held up over time, I'd have kept going, but I needed to start my research for my next project, even better Outstanding book!
I gave five because this book is a work of nonstop action, It is full of lessons and Captain Marcinko's personal reflections, I absolutely loved this book and highly recommend it! If this book is indeed all fiction, then Marcinko and his co writer have a knack for making it read like the first Rogue Warrior book, in the first person.
If there is any basis in fact for this book, then the truth is definitely stranger than fiction, What crap! but maybe I'm jealous, actually, almost entertaining, certainly light reading for the airport, Insanity that these are all real life stories! For some reason, I liked this one better than, I think I've learned to accept it for what it is: a military action novel filled with plausible details and minutia, and narrated by a completely unlikable protagonist.
First, the good, If you like technical details about military stuff, you'll eat this book up, There are whole paragraphs devoted to the triggerweight on the HampK USP, the various kinds of plastic explosives, breaching methods of CT teams, how seawater can destroy parachutes, and more.
It's clear that if Marchinko isn't heavily involved in the technical details, then Weisman is really good at making them up, It made me feel like a kid again, pouring over military books and technical manuals,
Of course, the downside to all this is you have to read it through the perspective of Marchinko's Ego, No longer bound to the realms of autobiography, the fictional Dick gets to swagger about, disobey all authority, and still get his man, More than just abrasive, he's abusive, but the novel allows him to pretend that he's really just showing affection for his men, and everyone appreciates him for it.
Marchinko is the worst part of his own books,
There's a few other oddities, The British people are basically parody one has a monocle and exclaims "I say!" a lot, not even joking, There's way too many SUA's that's single use acronyms, for those not ITK which is in the know for you newbies, Oh, and NOVELS DON'T NEED INDEXES,
For me I enjoyed the technical details more than I hated Marchinko's ego, so I ended the book with a net positive, I kinda added this to my "read" list as a joke, but I really did read it, My husband likes to say "books are bad" just to get my goat, . . he's read this entire series I think, I read this one while in grad school for a class where I was required to read all different genres, Big Dick Marcinko, SEAL legend, sure can tell a story! Action and violence and testosterone galore, Nothing he says or does would fly today of course, and at least he's aware that his type is being phased out if not already completely out but it kept him alive through multiple tours in Vietnam and other fights in his life and he made it all the way toyears old so he must've been doing something right.
Another great book in the series
Great actionadventure taking mostly place in Europe and Afghanistan and making you wonder what is real or fiction!
However he still hasn't exacted His Revenge against pinky Prescott yet.
Richard Marcinko's revelations in his explosivebestselling autobiography, Rogue Warrior, reverberated through the highest levels of the U, S. government. But, bound by government restrictions, he was forbidden to tell the whole story, The answer was fiction. First came Rogue Warrior: Red Cell, the takenoprisoners bestseller with Marcinko as hero, Now the Rogue Warrior's back and he's hotter than ever, in a knockout novel of courage and nonstop action,In Portsmouth, England, an aircraft carrier has been sabotaged, killing the American Chief of Naval Operations, one of the few friends the Rogue Warrior had left in the Navy.
Marcinko discovers a holy war is brewing a violent religious movement, encircling the globe and zeroing in on the West, Defeating that menace will be the supreme test of Marcinko's Green Team, a topsecret unit operating outside the U, S. military's chain of command. But in Washington, the political wolves select Dick Marcinko as their sacrificial lamb, For the Rogue Warrior it's time to declare a holy war of his own, The enemy may have the ultimate weapon, but Green Team has Marcinko's Tenth Commandment of SpecWar:
There Are No Rules Thou Shalt Win at All Cost!
Definitely less homoerotic than the previous installment.He sure does like to say "fuck" a lot, Demolition Dick does not disappoint, Good 'ol good vs. evil. Marcinko is as tough as they come, And his career tales as a frogman always keep me turning the pages, Damn fun, very funny in parts, and packed with adventure, action and revenge, Loved it, page after page, and could not put it down, Never Enough
God rest his fucking Slovak soul! Have a Bombay on me in Heaven, Sir!
Read the books, Read the books. Interesting plots, but the abridged versions are much too short for my liking, I don't have time to get acquainted with the characters or the plot itself and the book is finished, Audible has several unabridged Rogue Warrior novels, but they are deep into the series and I'd rather find early works to follow the progression of his missions, Marcinko provides a view of the naked brutality of special warfare without the PC coating, How close the story follows any actual events is unknown since this is a work of fiction, Somehow I think it's closer than most people realize, Quite a wild ride! I have actually read this book several times, I enjoy Richard Marcincos books, I am a retired veteran so I am use to the military way of speaking and the acronyms, I can understand for the civilians who have no idea how reading this could be frustrating, The reason for the glossary, Besides the military jargon and
the profanity it is a pretty easy read, Richard Marcinko is the author of the Rogue Warrior thrillers and is a living, breathing hero honored with the silver star and four bronze for valor, along with two Navy Commendation medals and other honors.
After serving in Vietnam, he went on to start and command SEAL Team, the Navys anti terrorist group, and Red Cell, a high level anti terrorist unit, Marcinko keeps his hand in the field as the president of a private international security company and now lives in Warrington, Virginia, sitelink Richard Marcinko is the author of the Rogue Warrior thrillers and is a living, breathing hero honored with the silver star and four bronze for valor, along with two Navy Commendation medals and other honors.
After serving in Vietnam, he went on to start and command SEAL Team, the Navy's anti terrorist group, and Red Cell, a high level anti terrorist unit, Marcinko keeps his hand in the field as the president of a private international security company and now lives in Warrington, Virginia, sitelink sitelink.