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    No Way Out: A Story of Valor in the Mountains of Afghanistan
    No Way Out: A Story of Valor in the Mountains of Afghanistan
    No Way Out: A Story of Valor in the Mountains of Afghanistan
    Audiobook7 hours

    No Way Out: A Story of Valor in the Mountains of Afghanistan

    Written by Mitch Weiss and Kevin Maurer

    Narrated by Corey M. Snow

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    About this audiobook

    In a remote, enemy-held valley in Afghanistan, a Special Forces team planned to scale a steep mountain to surprise and capture a terrorist leader. But before they found the target, the target found them . . .

    The team was caught in a deadly ambush that not only threatened their lives, but the entire mission. The elite soldiers fought huddled for hours on a small rock ledge as rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine-gun fire rained down on them. With total disregard for their own safety, they tended to their wounded and kept fighting to stay alive. When the battle finally ended, ten soldiers had earned Silver Stars-the Army's third highest award for combat valor. It was the most Silver Stars awarded to any unit in one battle since Vietnam.

    Based on dozens of interviews with those who were there, No Way Out is a compelling narrative of an epic battle that not only tested the soldiers' mettle but serves as a cautionary tale. Be careful what you ask a soldier to do because they will die trying to accomplish their mission.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateFeb 14, 2017
    ISBN9781515988526
    No Way Out: A Story of Valor in the Mountains of Afghanistan
    Author

    Mitch Weiss

    Mitch Weiss is a Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative journalist for the Associated Press and the coauthor of numerous books, most recently The Heart of Hell: The Untold Story of Courage and Sacrifice in the Shadow of Iwo Jima. He lives in South Carolina.

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    • 4/5
      A solid read that grew on me as I continued through the book.
    • 5/5
      Very real. Very honest. Very good.
      Combat is never easy. This book gives concrete story of how not easy it is. It shows how Grand Standing for political gains (the troops we were training in AFG needed to be shown off) is never the right choice.
      God bless the men and women who serve. God bless the ODA teams. God bless Ametica.
    • 5/5
      The storytelling in this story is exceptional. Books like this only tend to get “in the head” of one person. This book gives you a first person perspective from many people. It makes the story different and much more powerful.
    • 4/5
      Solid audio book that did a great job humanizing the troops. It is worth the read.
    • 4/5
      Good book. good narrator Chapters were cut short! Missed information.