Bøger af Kevin Maurer

From Kevin Maurer-the #1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning coauthor of No Easy Day-comes the true story of a World War II bomber pilot who survived twenty-five missions in Damn Lucky, "an epic, thrillingly written, utterly immersive account of a very lucky, incredible survivor of the war in the skies to defeat Hitler" (New York Times bestselling author Alex Kershaw)."We were young citizen-soldiers, terribly naive and gullible about what we would be confronted with in the air war over Europe and the profound effect it would have upon every fiber of our being for the rest of our lives. We were all afraid, but it was beyond our power to quit. We volunteered for the service and, once trained and overseas, felt we had no choice but to fulfill the mission assigned. My hope is that this book honors the men with whom I served by telling the truth about what it took to climb into the cold blue and fight for our lives over and over again."-John "Lucky" Luckadoo, Major, USAF (Ret.) 100th Bomb Group (H)Pearl Harbor, Hawaii was a world away from John Luckadoo's hometown of Chattanooga, Tennessee. But when the Japanese attacked the American naval base on December 7, 1941, he didn't hesitate to join the military. Trained as a pilot with the United States Air Force, Second Lieutenant Luckadoo was assigned to the 100th Bomb Group stationed in Thorpe Abbotts, England. Between June and October 1943, he flew B-17 Flying Fortresses over France and Germany on bombing runs devised to destroy the Nazi war machine.With a shrapnel torn Bible in his flight jacket pocket and his girlfriend's silk stocking around his neck like a scarf as talismans, Luckadoo piloted through Luftwaffe machine-gun fire and antiaircraft flak while enduring subzero temperatures to complete twenty-five missions and his combat service. The average bomber crew rarely survived after eight to twelve missions. Knowing far too many airmen who wouldn't be returning home, Luckadoo closed off his emotions and focused on his tasks to finish his tour of duty one moment at a time, realizing his success was more about being lucky than being skilled.Drawn from Luckadoo's firsthand accounts, acclaimed war correspondent Kevin Maurer shares his extraordinary tale from war to peacetime, uncovering astonishing feats of bravery during the bloodiest military campaign in aviation history, and presenting an incredible portrait of a young man's coming-of-age during the world's most devastating war.

MARK OWEN er tidligere medlem af Naval Special Warfare Development Group, også kendt som SEAL Team Six, det amerikanske militærs absolutte eliteenhed. Gennem sin lange karriere har Mark Owen deltaget i hundredvis af dramatiske missioner rundt om i verden, blandt andet befrielsesaktionen mod fragtskibet Maersk Alabama, hvor somaliske pirater havde taget besætningen som gidsler. Men først og fremmest er Mark Owen kendt som manden, der var leder under den indsats, der førte til drabet på Osama bin Laden i Pakistan i maj 2011. Mark Owen var en af de første, der trængte ind i rummet, hvor terrorlederen skjulte sig, og han bevidnede bin Ladens død på første hånd. Mark Owens første bog, den anmelderroste EN SVÆR DAG, er den til dato bedste og mest troværdige gengivelse af missionen, der ledte til al-Qaidas endeligt. I sin nye bog går Mark Owen bag om overskrifterne og fortæller om alle de missioner, der ikke blev offentligt kendte, men som kvalificerede ham til at være leder under bin Laden-missionen. På en spændingsmættet rejse gennem en enestående karriere som elitesoldat giver Mark Owen også læseren et unikt indblik i ’bløde’ værdier som kammeratskab og tillid, og hvordan en SEAL lærer at kontrollere følelser som stress og frygt, når missionerne bliver skarpe. Mark Owen skriver: ”I den verden, jeg kommer fra, bliver vi konstant mindet om, at vi skal dele vores værdier og erfaringer med de yngre generationer, så de kan give stafetten videre. Det håber jeg, jeg gør med den her bog … Historierne i bogen er min arv til mine kammerater og til alle tidligere og kommende SEALs, der har viet deres liv til kampen for frihed.” Bogen er skrevet i samarbejde med bestseller-forfatter Kevin Maurer, der som journalist har dækket specialstyrkerne gennem en lang årrække, blandt andet udsendt med Special Forces i Irak og Afghanistan.

Den sande historie om Bin Laden-missionen fortalt af en Navy Seal, der var med.Navy SEAL-soldaten Mark Owen fra elitestyrken DEVGRU har været med på en stribe af de mest dramatiske specialoperationer gennem de seneste ti år. I denne bog fortæller han hele sin historie. Om den strabadserende rekruttid i et korps, som forlanger det bedste af de bedste. Om et kammeratskab i skarp kamp, hvor man holder hinandens liv i hænderne. Og om det dramatiske og uforudsigelige hændelses forløb den nat i Abbottabad, da retfærdigheden indhentede Osama bin Laden.

From Kevin Maurer-the #1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning coauthor of No Easy Day-comes the true story of a World War II bomber pilot who survived twenty-five missions in Damn Lucky, "an epic, thrillingly written, utterly immersive account of a very lucky, incredible survivor of the war in the skies to defeat Hitler" (New York Times bestselling author Alex Kershaw)."We were young citizen-soldiers, terribly naive and gullible about what we would be confronted with in the air war over Europe and the profound effect it would have upon every fiber of our being for the rest of our lives. We were all afraid, but it was beyond our power to quit. We volunteered for the service and, once trained and overseas, felt we had no choice but to fulfill the mission assigned. My hope is that this book honors the men with whom I served by telling the truth about what it took to climb into the cold blue and fight for our lives over and over again."-John "Lucky" Luckadoo, Major, USAF (Ret.) 100th Bomb Group (H)Pearl Harbor, Hawaii was a world away from John Luckadoo's hometown of Chattanooga, Tennessee. But when the Japanese attacked the American naval base on December 7, 1941, he didn't hesitate to join the military. Trained as a pilot with the United States Air Force, Second Lieutenant Luckadoo was assigned to the 100th Bomb Group stationed in Thorpe Abbotts, England. Between June and October 1943, he flew B-17 Flying Fortresses over France and Germany on bombing runs devised to destroy the Nazi war machine.With a shrapnel torn Bible in his flight jacket pocket and his girlfriend's silk stocking around his neck like a scarf as talismans, Luckadoo piloted through Luftwaffe machine-gun fire and antiaircraft flak while enduring subzero temperatures to complete twenty-five missions and his combat service. The average bomber crew rarely survived after eight to twelve missions. Knowing far too many airmen who wouldn't be returning home, Luckadoo closed off his emotions and focused on his tasks to finish his tour of duty one moment at a time, realizing his success was more about being lucky than being skilled.Drawn from Luckadoo's firsthand accounts, acclaimed war correspondent Kevin Maurer shares his extraordinary tale from war to peacetime, uncovering astonishing feats of bravery during the bloodiest military campaign in aviation history, and presenting an incredible portrait of a young man's coming-of-age during the world's most devastating war.

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe explosive memoir of a Muslim American FBI agent fighting terror from the inside.It's no secret that federal agencies are waging a broad, global war against terror. But for the first time in this memoir, an active Muslim American federal agent reveals his experience infiltrating and bringing down a terror cell in North America.A longtime undercover agent, Tamer Elnoury joined an elite counterterrorism unit after September 11. Its express purpose is to gain the trust of terrorists whose goals are to take out as many Americans in as public and as devastating a way possible. It's a furious race against the clock for Tamer and his unit to stop them before they can implement their plans. Yet as new as this war still is, the techniques are as old as time: listen, record, and prove terrorist intent.Due to his ongoing work for the FBI, Elnoury writes under a pseudonym. An Arabic-speaking Muslim American, a patriot, a hero: To many Americans, it will be a revelation that he and his team even exist, let alone the vital and dangerous work they do keeping all Americans safe.