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Originally Posted by irishcopper
Thank you for that Captain Obvious. McNabb's Bravo Two Zero and Immediate Action are partially fiction, some of that is for OPSEC reasons. But as you stated based on true stories. I never stated that they were entirely non fiction books.
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Not quite. Unlike a Clancy book or a redacted Latrell book, McNabb doesn’t omit opsec but includes false narratives to help sell his books. McNabb doesn’t sell books under a “based on facts” but as a type of redacted truth, which is inaccurate. A partially fiction book is by definition fiction. “Mostly dead” is dead.
For reviewing plausible storyline:
Former SAS trooper Michael Asher ( who speaks Arabic ) retraced the Gulf War mission described in this book and found that plausible eyewitness accounts differed greatly from the events written in this book . He also tried to carry the heavy baggage the same distance as described in the book and found it impossible , but his most suprising revelation was that no enemy was killed in mortal combat at the hands of this SAS team, which makes the author's ludicrous figure of 250 enemy dead laughable . It's also come to light that there are glaring discrepancies between the information given by the author at his SAS debriefing ceremony, and the events that take place in this book.
If this book had been published as a work of fiction I would have given it more stars as it is a rolicking story that Hollywood would have been proud of , but to publish it as fact is irresponsible to say the least , given that certain reputations have been damaged by this book.
Michael Flynn’s book are more entertaining. “Term limits” is a great read.
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ter...ynn/1100308220
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