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    Mueller's War
    Mueller's War
    Mueller's War
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    Mueller's War

    Written by Garrett M. Graff

    Narrated by James Minter

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    For 675 days, he was arguably the most important man in America, responsible for the historic investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Yet through it all, Robert Mueller remained a mystery to many. In an era when leaks and backbiting are the political norm, the former FBI director distinguished himself with his reticence and determination to get the job done. The work has been both damning and detailed. Over the course of his Russia probe, Mueller won guilty pleas from the Trump campaign’s chairman and deputy, the national security adviser, and a foreign policy aide, as well as President Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen. Even more were indicted, including Trump’s longtime friend and adviser Roger Stone. By the end, what started as a probe into the 2016 election had sprawled into at least 18 separate investigations, run not just by Mueller’s team but by at least seven other prosecutors’ offices as well.

    To understand the man at the helm of this historic inquiry, we need to go back to 1968, when, as a newly minted Marine lieutenant, Robert Mueller was shipped to Vietnam and put in charge of a unit that saw almost nonstop combat. Mueller joined their ranks during what would be the deadliest period of the Vietnam War. He soon convinced his wary men that he was distinctly different from many of the Ivy League leaders they’d had in the past. The men of Hotel Company were so tough and battle-hardened, they had earned the nickname Magnificent Bastards. Smart, decisive, and duty-bound, the future FBI director led his unit into some of the bloodiest fighting they would ever see, including the notorious battle for Mutter’s Ridge. His time in the Marines would earn Mueller the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart and, above all, the trust and respect of his men. In the decades of public service that would follow, nothing would match that year of combat. “I’m most proud the Marines Corps deemed me worthy of leading other Marines,” he says.

    In this first detailed account of the defining period in Mueller’s life, Garrett M. Graff, author of the bestselling The Threat Matrix: The FBI at War, follows Mueller’s journey from prep school to Princeton to the jungles of Vietnam. Groomed for service from a young age, Mueller approached his military career with a no-nonsense integrity that would become his trademark. He unhesitatingly led his men into battle and bravely pulled them off the field when they fell. Graff re-creates those terrifying moments and speaks at length with the survivors who, to this day, are awed by the actions of their young lieutenant. Ironically, most of those men were unaware that the man who led the Russia investigation is the same Robert Mueller who led them in battle. Even in the midst of the most controversial and high-profile investigation in American political history, Mueller prefers to keep a low profile and live by his nation’s military principles: duty, honor, country.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEverand Originals
    Release dateMar 27, 2019
    ISBN9781645288374
    Author

    Garrett M. Graff

    Garrett M. Graff is a journalist and historian who has spent more than a dozen years writing about politics, technology, and national security for numerous publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Wired, Bloomberg Businessweek. He is the former editor of Politico and Washingtonian magazines and is executive director of the Aspen Institute’s Cybersecurity & Technology Program. His books include The Threat Matrix: Inside Robert Mueller’s FBI, Raven Rock: The Inside Story of the U.S. Government’s Secret Plan to Save Itself—While the Rest of Us Die, and The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11, to be published in fall 2019 by Simon & Schuster.

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    • 5/5
      It was a great read. Especially about to make your bed!
    • 3/5
      That's the best I can say is it is OK. Thank you for your service Robert.
    • 4/5
      This reminded me of all the reasons that I hated the US being in Viet Nam, especially the many ironies such as the Marine dying on his first day in-country or the wounds and deaths of men who were about complete their tours. I wish the book addressed more of the socio-political issues that resulted from the staggering racial and socio-economic inequities of the draft and Viet Nam-era military in general. The writing was good and provided fascinating insights into the foundations of Mueller’s personality, politics and societal outlook. The narration of it left a good bit to be desired, however. If you’re getting paid to read a book, the least you should do is ensure that you pronounce the words correctly. A good reading voice isn’t enough to cover significant misreading of a solid textual work.
    • 4/5
      Very well written and read, very informative, liked the rhythm of narration, relevant.
    • 5/5
      Gives you a different side of a man you don’t know enough about.

      4 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Great book! Short but loaded with insights about a man I knew barely anything. The narrator does a great job. I also like to see scribd getting into original content, I particularly appreciate it to be this type of short format non fiction.

      5 people found this helpful

    • 4/5
      This was an interesting audiobook to listen to! I would recommend this work to anyone, particularly people with a special interest in the Vietnam War era. The narrator has a unique, unexpected voice too. His voice reminds me of "rockstar" by Post Malone!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 1/5
      Yeah, kind of funny to see this book now. It should be saying a two-year escapade and pursuing false charges

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Very non partisan review of the Viatnam War and of Robert Mueller’s war experience. A great read.

      3 people found this helpful

    • 1/5
      It’s a shame a career that started so honorably would end in such embarrassment. Muller wasted countless millions of dollars destroyed the lives of good men and embarrassed not only himself but the FBI and in fact the entire nation investigating and prosecuting a completely fictitious crime. Muller will be remembered in history as a mere footnote in another Clinton machine scandal.

      3 people found this helpful

    • 1/5
      https://nypost.com/2019/09/07/robert-mueller-helped-saudi-arabia-cover-up-its-role-in-9-11-attacks-suit/

      This book is propaganda. Robert Mueller is a corrupt, criminal, traitor. He is simply an enemy of the American people and the republic.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Great insight into Mueller. This man deserves more respect than people give him. Too bad he doesn't run for president. He is a REAL LEADER!

      3 people found this helpful

    • 1/5
      Pathetic time in history where lying politicians ruined daily civil life.

      4 people found this helpful

    • 1/5
      Mueller has ‘integrity beyond reproach’ huh? Check out his relationship with Whitey Bulger if you want to see how much integrity he has... what a joke.

      5 people found this helpful

    • 1/5
      Toilet paper would be more useful than to use this book!

      4 people found this helpful

    • 1/5
      This should be in the FICTION section. It's pretty pathetic that this fake writer would make the most INCOMPETENT, and CORRUPT INVESTIGATION, in the HISTORY, of the U.S.A, into something it never had a chance of being...... HONEST & NON PARTISAN!!!! This writer is an obvious FRAUD, & even the brain washed morons on the LEFT, know this, too bad the author thinks everyone is an IDIOT, because only a fool would buy this garbage, especially when the FACTS are available online! THEN AGAIN.... he is pandering to morons on the left, so?????

      Now this idiot is taking advantage of the "INTELLIGENTLY CHALLENGED" You leftists know no low, you won't stoop to!!

      5 people found this helpful

    • 1/5
      Hogwash...wasted an immense amount of time spending millions of dollars.
      Don't buy his leadership skills especially in VietNam...but may he slowly fade from the agregious handling of the Trump investigation...and you as a writer-your left is definitely showing. J.Posadas 101st VietNam Bronze Star. Blessings.

      8 people found this helpful

    • 1/5
      HORRIBLE narrating. I cannot listen beyond the first page. Oh my goodness the sound is just hideous! Ruined this one for me.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 2/5
      This book would have been better if it wasn’t written from a biased prospective. Immediately comparing muller to trump personally, and then continuing throughout the book made the writer seem petty, like he was more interested in bashing Trump, than telling an unbiased story. It made me wonder how accurate versus personal opinions everything else in the book was.

      4 people found this helpful

    • 1/5
      If you were dumb enough to believe any of this you’re retarded. Liberals are pedophiles trump 2020

      4 people found this helpful

    • 1/5
      Meh felt like this was a little incomplete and was released only because the muller report . Don’t wast your time .

      4 people found this helpful

    • 2/5
      The content was fascinating, however the reading was appalling and there were frequent glitches in the audio.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 2/5
      Biased "journalism". The author should have approached this book with neutral perspective instead of this.