War Dogs: The True Story of How Three Stoners from Miami Beach Became the Most Unlikely Gunrunners in History

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War Dogs: The True Story of How Three Stoners from Miami Beach Became the Most Unlikely Gunrunners in History

War Dogs: The True Story of How Three Stoners from Miami Beach Became the Most Unlikely Gunrunners in History

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In the winter of 1939 in the cold snow of no-man's-land, two loners met and began an extraordinary journey together, one that would bind them for the rest of their lives. One was an orphaned puppy, abandoned by his owners as they fled the approaching Nazi forces. The other, a lost soul of a different sort - a Czech airman, flying for the French Air Force but soon to be bound for the RAF and the country that he would call home. Anyway. I'm not sure I liked how we've been told so much instead of shown. It was also a bit rushed and "by the way". Then again, that could have been done on purpose to emphasize how people regard this as normal and not suspicious at all.

Moreover, for a mil sf novel, this didn't have too much combat. The scene at the very beginning was intense and cool, just like their scrambling to survive the aftermath but that was basically it. I presume one has to see the trilogy as a whole. Don't know. Or maybe the author was trying to make the point that even in the military it's not 100% fire fights 100% of the time. I know that my take on the book is different from the main stream view. I am forced to the conclusion that it's simply a matter of taste. I've read a few books books by Mr. Bear and I have only liked a couple. Maybe it's simply a stylistic thing. If this is a book like or even love, I think that's great. We can't always agree. All that said even in the struggle to survive across Mars and the building mystery of what is ultimately going on I simply didn't get involved. As noted, possibly just my own taste maybe see what you think.I was excited to be offered the chance to read and review this book. Due to my love of military themed books and dogs. The author really gives a nice in depth look into the relationship between the dogs and their handlers. Which I really liked this about this book. The psychological aspect of the handler and the dog's relationship. Honesty, as I was reading this book it was not just the military dogs that I could see having a close relationship but my own two dogs as well. I have always shared a very close and personal relationship with all the dogs that I have owned through out the years. My dogs are not just dogs but really are part of my family and they are my children. I believe that I can talk to dogs and they do understand me. So again I get where the people featured in this book are coming from when they share their stories. Dogs are amazing. There were a few times where I did get very emotionally attached to the stories as if I had known these dogs all my life. Enter Master Sergeant Michael Venn, a veteran Skyrine (a Marine who is specially trained for off-world combat) who is dropped onto the Red Planet with his band of brothers on a mission to take down as many Antags as possible. Frankly the less than stellar rating on my part comes partly from the fact that I wasn't in the mood for a heavier somewhat self righteous read. This isn't space opera, neither is it a military read in the sense that we deal with actual military situations.

Things become more complicated when Venn and his combat troop are rescued by a female Musky named Teal, referred (rather demeaningly) to as ’a ranch wife’. When they are taken to a secret underground lair by Teal, they then find themselves being hunted by a platoon of the Antags, none of whom seem to wish them well. The Truth Behind the Movie "War Dogs" ". November 19, 2019. Archived from the original on March 1, 2020 . Retrieved December 9, 2019– via Youtube.We are "told" up front about the Gurus, we are "told" that they showed up and that they gave humanity technology. Then their enemies arrived and we had to help them. This is all related in a few paragraphs and then we jump into the survival on Mars part of the book. Enjoyable sci-fi set on Mars. It's ostensibly military sci-fi, and it does have aspects of that, but honestly most of the book is a survival story about Space Marines stranded on Mars trying to find sources of air and water before they die.

The combat itself is, as expected – at times exciting, at others scary and often rather confused, as snafu after snafu on the part of command and deployment makes the soldier’s job harder. There’s a few big weapons flung around, but the book is more of a reflection on the importance of the person in this role. Greg gets the slightly-sardonic tone right, that snarky world-weariness that is created by just having to cope and get the job done, despite everything that goes wrong. Vishnevetsky, Ignatiy (Aug 18, 2016). "The gun-running true story War Dogs is all bark, no bite". The A.V. Club . Retrieved 18 August 2016.Ito, Robert (2016-08-12). "Guns. Money. Iraq. And Then a Screenplay for 'War Dogs.' ". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2018-02-11 . Retrieved 2016-08-29.



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