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  • The Making of a Special Forces Warrior
  • Written by: Dick Couch
  • Narrated by: Kevin Foley
  • Length: 14 hrs and 59 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (9 ratings)

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Chosen Soldier

Written by: Dick Couch
Narrated by: Kevin Foley
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In combating terror, America can no longer depend on its conventional military superiority and the use of sophisticated technology. More than ever, we need men like those of the Army Special Forces---the legendary Green Berets. In Chosen Soldier, Dick Couch draws on nearly a year spent at Special Forces training facilities and offers an unprecedented view of the education of these men.

Following the experiences of one class of soldiers as they endure this physically and mentally exhausting ordeal, Couch spells out in fascinating detail the demanding selection process and grueling field exercises, the high-level technical training and intensive language courses, and the simulated battle problems that test everything from how well SF candidates gather operational intelligence to their skills at negotiating with volatile, often hostile, local leaders. Chosen Soldier paints a vivid portrait of an elite group, and a process that forges America's smartest, most versatile, and most valuable fighting force.
©2007 Dick Couch, Foreword copyright 2007 by Robert D. Kaplan (P)2011 Tantor
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"Definitive . . . insightful . . . should be read by every American who despairs [about] current tumult." (Linda Robinson, author of Masters of Chaos)

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it's a good listen, if you're curi about this stuf

I've always had a fascination with military and it's inner workings, something I picked from my father's service. If you're a like mind, this book is an educational insight to the SF.
The narrator is monotone but it grows on you, seems fitting for a military piece. One critique I do have is his foreign accents are quite comical.
All in all, I recommend this

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