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Praise for Not a Good Day to Die“If you liked Black Hawk Down, you'll not be disappointed by Not a Good Day to Die...Extraordinary.”—New York Post“Naylor has doggedly pursued the full story of Operation Anaconda from the time he was 'embedded' with 101st Airborne Division troops who fought in the battle...often against the wishes of [U.S.] commanders...an admirable job of exposing [Operation Anaconda’s] many shortcomings.”—The Washington Post“The best full-scale history of Operation Anaconda to date.”—Booklist“Excellent.”—The Cleveland Plain Dealer
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About the Author
Sean Naylor, a senior writer for the Army Times, has covered the Afghan mujahideen's war against the Soviets, and American military operations in Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, Afghanistan, and Iraq. His coverage of Operation Anaconda earned him the White House Correspondents' Association's prestigious Edgar A. Poe Award. Naylor was named one of the 22 most influential “unsung” print reporters in Washington by American Journalism Review in May 2002.
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Product details
Paperback: 448 pages
Publisher: Dutton Caliber; Reprint edition (March 7, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780425207871
ISBN-13: 978-0425207871
ASIN: 0425207870
Product Dimensions:
6 x 1 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.4 out of 5 stars
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#165,310 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
I think, although I gave it 'four stars', that Naylor should get five stars SIMPLY for trying to sort out the 'confusion' and 'chaos' of a military operation in modern times. As some have stated in their reviews, there is an lot of minutiae in the pages of this excellent book. The reader will have to turn those pages slowly and be prepared to 'review back' to cement some of the shifting actions/names/places/groups that make up the book. One thing is clear, when the action heats up the 'plans' (as anyone who studies the military and war knows) can go out the window. As Eisenhower said, "In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable." That is proven by the outcomes in the various stages of "Not A Good Day To Die". The book's strengths: displaying, as is often the case, the incredible fortitude, courage and heroics of those who step up into harms way and serve each other and our country; displaying, as is (again) often the case, that politics, politicians and any military personalities that aspire to such political positions are as useless as 'teats on a bull.' America's military direction has not been towards strength and the reader must recognize that even this many years ago 'expediency', 'ROEs', and politically arrived at arbitrary 'caps' can do more to ruin a campaign that well placed enemy fire.I very much liked this book and believe it is a fine example of the many goods in our military and the few 'bads' in our overall management of the Armed Services. We mustn't allow the military to be further degraded and this book shows how wrong motivations can handicap even the best of military leaders and intentions. Bravo to Americans in uniform... hiss and boo to the 'opportunistic' politicians and like motivated military personnel who put their advancement ahead of the lives of our men and women and victory. Everyone should read this to see how 'it really works.'
How can American troops go into combat without proper support such as artillery or better communications? Troops died in this combat operation because troops couldn't communicate with one another largely because of interservice rivalries. There is the story of a medevac carried out at night when a helicopter carrying a team of seals jumped out and provided 360 security. In the meantime army personal, medevac medics, and others had to struggle in the cold thin air for over 19 minutes to get their wounded on helicopters without the help of the seal team. All this angered the army personal and others. The sad part is that no one was ever held to answer for the incompetent leadership, the officers who threw their weapons down and tried to run from the battle, and the lack of support required to keep our men safe. I highly recommend this book and it should be read by all.
Sean Naylor nails it with this fascinating and thoroughly engrossing account of one of the most ferocious fights of the Global War on Terrorism to date. The first set piece battle of the 21st century for the U.S. military, Operation Anaconda endeavors to demonstrate how conventional forces and special operations forces can be effectively integrated.The unforgiving Shahikot Mountains of northeastern Afghanistan are the setting for this superb chronicle of modern combat. In addition to revealing some of the struggles inherent in integrating conventional and special operations forces, Anaconda exposes lingering interoperability problems in combining Navy, Army, and Air Force elements in joint operations.When the units involved are hit by a perfect storm of challenges - everything from a convoluted, unwieldy command and control structure to poor intelligence to an astonishingly well-equipped and well-trained Al Qaeda main force - the operation's success appears in jeopardy. While von Clauswitz's "friction of battle" (and perhaps Murphy's Law) clearly had a place at the table in this one, Naylor fairly points out that there was at times an obvious failure of leadership.In a testament to the courage and adaptability of both special operators and light infantrymen, however, U.S. and allied forces gradually reduce Al Qaeda's combat effectiveness mostly through "fires" - precision air strikes, lethal attack helicopters, and well-placed mortar fire. If not for the special operators on the ground, particularly 1st SFOD-D (Delta Force) and Australian SAS reconnaissance elements operating far forward in observation posts and directing many of those air strikes, U.S. casualties would have been far more numerous.Remarkable for the degree to which highly classified 'black' operations are illuminated, Not a Good Day to Die is without a doubt the most eminently readable of the many books to emerge from the War in Afghanistan to date.While I knew more than most about Operation Anaconda and the battle for the Shahikot Valley, the author's extraordinary effort to reveal what actually happened, especially on Takur Ghar Mountain where the most violent, close combat took place, and to reconcile the many conflicting media accounts of the battle was extremely helpful to me.Through extensive interviews and exhaustive research in spite of an apparent effort to restrict his access to after action reports and other documents, Naylor meticulously pieces together the events of the battle.Perhaps most surprising was the extent to which the author exposes the many flaws in planning; the violation of many of the military's revered principles of war; and, the degree to which senior leaders "half a world away" attempt to command essentially through videoconferencing and other satellite communications technologies. Not only are we witness to the flaws in the human element of waging war, but we gain an appreciation for the limits of our 'superior' technology.We discover once again that there is no substitute for the U.S. Army infantryman when it comes to seizing and holding ground.Interestingly, Naylor's depiction of the vaunted U.S. Navy SEALs, surprisingly including members of SEAL Team 6, suggests that their training for mountain warfare may be sorely lacking. In fact, it becomes clear that in an effort to get SEALs into the fight, the Task Force 11 commander (Task Force 11 was the 'black' operations command) may have overestimated the SEALs' capabilities and sent them in unprepared for what they would face.Despite Not a Good Day to Die's many merits, I found certain elements of the book not quite up to par. For instance, the editing is poor. Some information is actually repeated, and there are misstatements and typos. Beyond that, Naylor spends an excessive amount of time on the run up to the battle, and as a result the story bogs down a bit in the early chapters. Most readers could probably get by with considerably less detail around the planning stages of the operation.Nevertheless, this is a story that needed to be told, and Sean Naylor does a tremendous job telling it.I highly recommend this book for anyone who wants to know what actually happened in Operation Anaconda.Riveting!
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