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Another Excellent Book from Craig Symonds

Revisado: 07-17-22

Craig Symonds is the best history writer I have read, no exceptions.

General Hagee CEO of the Nimitz Foundation, which manages the National Museum of the Pacific War, once told me that Craig will write and rewrite a sentence or paragraph several times until he feels it is acceptable. This obvious in his writing.

This book rivals my other favorite of his works, “Midway.”

I will recommend any of his books to anyone interested in WWII, the cival war, or naval history.

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Excellent book!

Revisado: 10-30-20

Some recommendations for the narrator. Proper pronunciation of common names and references will make the book much more pleasant for the listener.
2 examples would be: Halsey is pronounced like “Hall-z” not “Hal-c.” The second is a particularly offensive recurrence in the narration of this book. Submariner should NEVER be pronounced “sub-mariner” as this would indicate a below par mariner, or sailor. The proper, really only way, to refer to these brave men who risked, and often lost, their lives for our country is “submarine-er.”
This is very important and should be noted for all future productions of books refering to submarines.

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Another excellent book by Craig Symonds

Revisado: 09-06-20

I was once told by General Mike Hagee that, “Craig puts a lot of thought into every sentence he writes.” He went on to say that Dr. Symonds often rewites to say exactly what he wants to say and be as clear as possible.
It is obvious from this book as well as from his others that this is true.
Dr. Symonds is not only an expert historian he is also a great writer.
This book is one of best, and I will recommend it to all my friends who share an interest in history.
BTW: My favorite is “The Battle of Midway.”

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Everything Craig Symonds writes is great!

Revisado: 08-10-20

General Hagee once told me that “Craig puts a great amount of thought and effort into every sentence he writes.”

I know this is true. It is obvious when you read his work.

I believe that I would have loved to be one of his students. I think he is the kind of history professor that could make you consider changing you major to history.

Authors like Dr. Symonds are why I enjoy history so much.

I would also recommend listening to him speak if you ever get the chance.

This book was great.

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Another masterpiece from the Master

Revisado: 09-19-18

It is obvious that when Dr Symonds writes, he carefully considers every word to make sure his message is clear and understandable, even to a history novice like me.

This is a great book. I hope everyone who is interested in the navy, civil war or Lincoln will read this book.

I encourage Tantor, Recorded Books and Audible to produce all of Dr Symonds books.

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Very Powerful!

Revisado: 05-25-16

This was a great book with a very powerful ending. It was well written, and well read.

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Best reader of all time!

Revisado: 08-30-15

All of Craig Symond's books should be recorded, and he should read them all.

Well written, easy to follow, great book!

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Action, Excitement, & History. A great read!

Revisado: 09-28-13

Great read!! Fluckey did a great job putting you right in the action. Those who were there are the best at this. The book doesn't just tell you what happened, it lets you experince it first hand. You also get to know the men on the boat. I feel like I have a bunch of new friends. This book would be great for anyone interest in action, excitement, and history.

The production of the Audible portion was one of the best I have ever heard. The reader even pronounces the word " submariner" correctly. If you have ever spoken to an old submarine man he will be quick to tell you it's "submarine-er" not "sub-mariner."

This one of several titles that have needed to be on Audible for a long time. If everybody buys this title then maybe Audible will add other tiltes like: Richard Kane's "Wahoo" and "Clear the Bridge," and Edward L. Beech's, "Run Silent Run Deep," "Dust on the Sea," "Cold as the Sea," and "Submarine."

I want more!

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I tried to love it

Revisado: 09-01-11

Well, I'll start by saying that Scott Brick is an excellent narrator and I purchased this book after listening to a video interview he did about it. The book definitely introduces some interesting ideas into the world of sf. If you are looking for something unique this book may be what you are looking for. That being said, I found the book extremely hard to listen to, I didn't care about the characters, I found the main character's side kick extremely one dimensional and annoying. The story never really seems to go anywhere. In most fiction the flow moves toward an exciting conflict in this book I felt like I was being lead around with a blind fold and when we finally got where we were going it was very anticlimactic. I also had a really hard time following what the heck was going on in the book, that is probably why I didn't like the characters and such. Normally I really enjoy a book that drops me into a world and lets me figure it out on my own but in this case it got way to deep way too fast, nothing ever seemed to be explained. Anyways, that's my opinion don't let me dissuade you from trying it.

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Contrived transparency

Revisado: 11-18-07

I will start off by saying, if you have a few hours for a good exciting read… Buy it! That said, having read these authors other work I am amazed at the magnitude of transparency between the real Jack Coughlin (Mastery Gunny SGT/ Marine Scout Sniper ) and the main heroin. At some points you can’t help but shake your head and sigh, this book is like a fanciful overlay for Jack Coughlin’s book “Shooter” a historical account of his experiences in Iraq. If you are looking for a book about war, snipers, marines, ext I would highly recommend Shooter the authors other book however, this book is excellent!

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