As a blood and guts, one man against the impossible odds type of story, this book was great. This guy is tough as nails and proves it. SEAL training sounds like hell on wheels. The sacrifices he and his comrades made are real, admirable and deserving of respect from the country.

The right-wing, kill 'em all and let God sort them out aspects were ridiculous. The central decision of the book (and I won't spoil it) is blamed upon the liberals.

I have read enough about Iraq, ...more As a blood and guts, one man against the impossible odds type of story, this book was great. This guy is tough as nails and proves it. SEAL training sounds like hell on wheels. The sacrifices he and his comrades made are real, admirable and deserving of respect from the country.

The right-wing, kill 'em all and let God sort them out aspects were ridiculous. The central decision of the book (and I won't spoil it) is blamed upon the liberals.

I have read enough about Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam to recognize the difficulties in wars of this type - lack of clear directive, the inability to distinguish friend from foe, civilian from combatants. BUT, blaming the "liberal media" and "left-wing politicians" for these difficulties is clearly ignorant, given the deeply misguided policies of the Bush (version 2.0) administration put these soldiers in the situation to begin with.

Luttrell even goes as far as to praise Bush (the younger) for putting us in Iraq and Afghanistan. I know Luttrell is trained for war, and perhaps having any question as to the validity of his mission(s) is asking for injury or death, but having a total and complete lack of perspective is deeply strange to me. It's obvious the lack of questioning is necessary for these guys, but this book is written retrospectively, and so to continue to have this lack of hindsight makes it even more bizarre.

The book definitely felt alien to me, given my own political leanings, living in the liberal bastion of NYC, but I am glad I read it. ( )

Mr. Luttrell and the men and women that serve are why we have our freedoms.

I would make this book required reading in high school.

Why would any person go out and do the things that Navy Seals do? To protect the freedom that we have in America.

This is not about oil, it's about blood and pride of being an American.

I had trouble reading this book on a flight, I was crying and feeling the loss.

This is real, this is what's happening and this book helped me understand more. ( )

This is an amazing and remarkable story of Marc Luttrel, a Navy Seal caught behind enemy lines in the war on terror. It is an amazing story of courage and faith. He is a Navy Seal sent on a recon mission to find a Taliban leader in Afghanistan. Things go horribly wrong as the four seals are discovered by an army of over 200 Taliban. The amazing story of how his team fought to the last man and his harrowing escape. Alone in a foreign land severely injured and tracked by Taliban forces, he must find a way to survive to tell his story and to honor the brave men who were killed in battle. The story is told in an honest straightforward voice. He knows how to tell a story that conveys every detail and feeling. Reading it, you have the "you are there" narrative. The storytelling is supplemented by the facts provided by Patrick Robinson. Some of the information may not have been available to Marc (such as what happened in his hometown as they awaited news on whether he was dead or alive, details in his training, and cultural facts that become significant in the story.) ( )

Lone Survivor
Lone Survivor was a true story about how a brave U.S. SEAL who fought through all obstacles to survive in the high Afghan Mountains when all hope was lost. The part of this book that was so interesting was how you would think how imaginative the author was because the plot seemed to almost be made up like a fiction story but the story was true. That was a big plus in my book because it made me feel more moved to hear something like that was true.
The Afghan mountains where the story takes place and I thought gave the book itself a perfect feel. I felt as if the fire hot temperatures in the day and the freezing cold barren nights, the lonely desolate landscape filled with hatred gave the story a perfect mood. When I put myself in the characters shoes just thinking about the setting just gave me a total changed the way I read the book.
The message of the book was probably the most difficult to understand and most interesting part of the book for me. I thought it was difficult to get the message because it was a true story so it wasn’t made to relay a message but throughout it all everybody got something out of it. I believe the message was that we should stop contradicting ourselves and get something one by supporting our troops. I know that’s not really a risky message given that over half the population wants us out of the foreign lands. That’s the interesting part to me because the author was the SEAL and he wrote the book from a very Republican point of view. He was constantly attacking the liberal media and the extreme human right activist throughout the book which gave me the reason I got the message I did. Maybe somebody with a different political stand point would’ve thought the message was telling the story of lives lost because the U.S. is in the Middle East.
It just seemed so intriguing that he would write something many people wouldn’t agree with. I guess that was half of my interest in the book.

This book should be required reading for all Americans. The bravery and dedication of our Navy SEALs is unbelivable. I'm glad they are on our side. ( )