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Author:
Murphy, Jack, 1983- author.
Title:
Murphy's law : my journey from Army Ranger and Green Beret to investigative journalist / Jack Murphy.
Edition:
First Threshold editions hardcover edition.
Publisher:
Threshold Editions,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
xiv, 271 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Murphy, Jack,--1983-
United States.--Battalion, 3rd--Battalion, 3rd--Biography.
Special operations (Military science)--United States--History--21st century.
War correspondents--United States--Biography.
Snipers--United States--Biography.
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Personal narratives, American.
Afghan War, 2001---Personal narratives, American.
Personal Narratives.
Contents:
Prologue -- Part 1. No plan survives first contact with the enemy -- Friendly fire isn't -- Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong -- Ranger day and time sensitive targets -- If enough data is collected, a board of inquiry can prove anything -- Luck can't hold out against Murph -- For every action there is an equal and opposite criticism -- The wedding crashers -- Part 2. The fire pit -- Anything you do can get you killed, including doing nothing -- Covering conflict: Switzerland to Syria -- Flapping in the breeze -- Dark news -- Humvees and IEDs -- Another surreal journey: meeting President Assad in Damascus -- No matter which way you have to march, it is always uphill -- Controversy and upsets -- Epilogue.
Summary:
"A heart-pounding military memoir from a former Army Ranger sniper and Special Operations weapon sergeant-turned-journalist about the incredible highs and devastating lows of his career."--Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
1501191241
9781501191244
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1060191115
LCCN:
2018046941
Locations:
TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)
XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)
SHPC094 -- Denver Public Library (Denver)
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)
ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)
YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)
GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)

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