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The Green Team, a top-secret unit of the U.S. Navy, battles internal as well as external enemies in a dangerous test of their skills that involves a transnational terror network based in a violent religious organization.Tags
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My longest posts are always the ones I liked the least.
I'm pretty sure this is the worst book I've read this year at least. Oh my god, it's just packed full of testosterone laden drivel. It's not that he's a macho doofus, I'm a macho doofus. It's that they are painfully juvenile.
This is the way it works. Dick Marchencko was a SEAL and did all these tough guy things. No problem. Sounds like the Yank version of Andy Mcnab. However, this series is Dick writing a fictional men's adventure series, like Remo Williams the Destroyer, or Mack Bolan the Executioner (both of which I have read an embarrassingly large amount of, so I'm not new to the realm of men's adventure fiction) except Dick is writing himself as a fictional character. To me, show more this is just daft as bats.
So this whole real person/fictional person thing is weird enough, but they are also written really really badly. They are a lot like the adventure fiction I wrote when I was in high school and I was able to rebel on paper by killing a lot of fictional characters and writing "fuckwad" a lot. Yes, very fierce. Oh, and his "Heart of the Warrior" speeches are as tiresome as when I first heard them in the SCA. Similar to the "What is best in life" speech in Conan.
The last pitiful element of the writing is that Dick is always right, and EVERYONE else is always wrong. Not only wrong, but in disagreeing with Dick, they also become evil, weak and cowardly. He isn't sophisticated enough to realize that when all your opponents are pussies, victory is not impressive. This is why I quit fencing in the Outlands.
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I'm pretty sure this is the worst book I've read this year at least. Oh my god, it's just packed full of testosterone laden drivel. It's not that he's a macho doofus, I'm a macho doofus. It's that they are painfully juvenile.
This is the way it works. Dick Marchencko was a SEAL and did all these tough guy things. No problem. Sounds like the Yank version of Andy Mcnab. However, this series is Dick writing a fictional men's adventure series, like Remo Williams the Destroyer, or Mack Bolan the Executioner (both of which I have read an embarrassingly large amount of, so I'm not new to the realm of men's adventure fiction) except Dick is writing himself as a fictional character. To me, show more this is just daft as bats.
So this whole real person/fictional person thing is weird enough, but they are also written really really badly. They are a lot like the adventure fiction I wrote when I was in high school and I was able to rebel on paper by killing a lot of fictional characters and writing "fuckwad" a lot. Yes, very fierce. Oh, and his "Heart of the Warrior" speeches are as tiresome as when I first heard them in the SCA. Similar to the "What is best in life" speech in Conan.
The last pitiful element of the writing is that Dick is always right, and EVERYONE else is always wrong. Not only wrong, but in disagreeing with Dick, they also become evil, weak and cowardly. He isn't sophisticated enough to realize that when all your opponents are pussies, victory is not impressive. This is why I quit fencing in the Outlands.
I want my time back. show less
Standard "guy" book. Special ops warfare and extreme language.
i skipped work to meet Mr. Marcinko.. and it was WORTH IT! he signed all my books, was civil and patient, and i watched him have long chats with the men who served (veterans) who were ahead in line of me. i'm proud of him for his service and concern for security.
Sam at the other Richard Marcinko is the greatest Navy Seal that ever lived. In his own mind that is.
The profanity was SO overwhelming I finally gave up. I read other thrillers, but this was to the point of disgust.
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Author, businessman and motivational speaker Richard Marcinko joined the Navy in 1958, eventually working his way up to captain and becoming commander of two celebrated counter-terrorist units, Seal Team Six and Red Cell. He attended the Navy Post Graduate School and Auburn University. Marcinko has mined his military experience to write books such show more as Rogue Warrior, which formed the basis for the fictional Rogue Warrior series, written with John Weisman. He has also written business books such as Leadership Secrets of the Rogue Warrior and The Rogue Warrior's Strategy for Success. (Bowker Author Biography) Richard Marcinko retired from the Navy as a full commander after more than thirty years of service. He is currently CEO of SOS TEMPS, his private security consulting firm whose clients are governments & corporations. (Publisher Provided) Richard Marcinko, Richard Marcinko enlisted in the Navy and worked his way up to the rank of captain. He was the first commanding officer and founder of the counter-terrorist units Seal Team Six and Red Cell. He is a special operations expert in areas that include counter-terrorism, intelligence and special operations. His counter-terrorist units have engaged in missions from Central America to the Middle East. The Red Cell infiltrated the impenetrable and highly secured bases, nuclear submarines and ships. Writing from his experiences, Marcinko's autobiography "Rogue Warrior" was a New York Times best seller. He has other Rogue Warrior fiction books that were co-written with John Weisman. Some of the titles include "Rogue Warrior: Option Delta" and "Rogue Warrior: Seal Force Alpha". He has also written non-fiction books on business strategy and leadership: "The Rogue Warrior's Strategy for Success" and "Leadership Secrets of the Rogue Warrior", which was a New York Times best seller. Marcinko is also the CEO of SOS Temps Inc. a private security-consulting firm. Marcinko resides in Rogue Manor in Washington, D.C. with his wife and children. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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John Weisman is a writer specializing in espionage & military themes. His much-acclaimed short-story, "There Are Monsterim," was selected for inclusion in the Best American Mystery Stories: 1997, edited by Robert B. Parker. (Bowker Author Biography)
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- Green Team
- Original publication date
- 1995-03
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