Asian Trips - Two Wars: One Hero's Fight on Two Fronts--Abroad and Within
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Manufacturer: Tyndale House Publishers
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 958.1047
EAN: 9781414320090
ISBN: 1414320094
Label: Tyndale House Publishers
Manufacturer: Tyndale House Publishers
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: 2008-05-14
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
Studio: Tyndale House Publishers
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For the first time, Army Ranger hero Nate Self tells his story. Self recounts the Roberts Ridge Rescue mission, the ferocious battles in Afghanistan, and the lone war of attrition that Nate Self has waged against post-traumatic stress disorder. This book will become a go-to book for understanding the long-term effects of the war on terror. Thousands of families are fighting this battle, and Nate Self opens up his whole life--tragedies, successes, failures, and a struggle with suicidal thoughts--to share the facts and to show how his family and his faith pulled him through.
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Summary: Blown Away
Comment: This book never was set down again once I started reading Nate's story on what occurred on a far off mountain in Afghanistan. His story was so revealing of his inner thoughts and choices made. I was so touched Nate's courage to hold nothing back in his book. Nate is a wonderful example to all of us who are not in anyway associated with the military.
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Summary: God Bless ya Nate,Your a true Warrior in my eyes......
Comment: This book was one of the best books I have ever read. It was full of emotion, heartbreak and most important of all what I took away was Inspiration. Nate tells a true to accurate account of what happened that day, which is key. This is not your typical guy who tells a story that contains alot of, " I DID or I WAS or It was because of me," type words. Its simply a US Army Ranger (born and bred) who tells what he went through both on a 10,000ft Mtn. top and then again at home where he finds his next challenge...Himself. I cried, I got fired up, and I missed my loved ones and my daughter. I would recommend this book to anyone anywhere. To Nate; God Bless you brother. You being a devoute christian and putting things in Gods Hands...Is a example to follow. Your sacrifices, your losses and your pain wont be forgotten. RLTW...Sir!!
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Summary: Powerful and Applicable
Comment: Nate Self is an incredible man, a true American hero. If my own sons enter the military some day, my prayer is that they will have leaders like Nate. His strength, valor, and faith are remarkable. He faced severe challenges both on the battlefield and later at home. This book details those challenges, on both fronts, and provides inspiration to anyone facing hard times, not just soldiers and vets. One can see through him and his account the power of the human spirit. I knew his story well before reading this book, yet was still absolutely blown away.
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Summary: They Go, so we don't have to
Comment: Two Wars, by former Army Captain Nate Self is a hard hitting book on the battle of Takur Ghar aka Rescue on Roberts Ridge, and his fight against Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
As the wife of a career military man, I lost the battle to tears while reading this book. Many scenes, graphic in nature during the battle, had me so choked up I could barely keep reading. Knowing how Julie Self felt on her end made it all that real for me.
The book is also a huge look into the effects of PTSD on soldiers who have experienced combat where fellow soldiers and friends have died. But this time you get a look into the mind of the officer who commanded those men. A word of caution, language used in normal everyday military life was used in this book. Tyndale was kind enough to let the reader know beforehand.
If you've never understood, been in the midst of it, or never had someone tell you what it's like, then I recommend this book for you. As my husband has said before, Veterans will not open up to civilians because we don't understand, but they will open up to other Veterans because they've been there. Once you get them to talk, they won't stop, this is their life, their horrors. Nate Self has opened the door for one and all to glimpse this inside track, and I commend him for standing up and giving all Vets and Military men and women a voice.
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Summary: Wonderful Book
Comment: This is a wonderful book of a true solider being transparent with his feelings and emotions from war. It was a book I did not want to put down! I think we often times forget how much emotional trauma soliders go through and this is a great reminder to be praying for them as they fight for our freedom and to also pray for their emotional health when they return home. Thank you Nate for bearing your soul and I know helping so many others out there who have read your book!
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