One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer

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If the Marines are “the few, the proud,” Recon Marines are the fewest and the proudest. Nathaniel Fick’s career begins with a hellish summer at Quantico, after his junior year at Dartmouth. He leads a platoon in Afghanistan just after 9/11 and advances to the top—Recon— two years later, at the eve of war with Iraq. His vast skill set puts him in front of the front lines, leading twenty-two Marines into the deadliest conflict since Vietnam. He vows to bring all his men home safely, and to take action he’ll need more than his top-flight education. Fick unveils the method that makes Marine officers such legendary leaders and shares his hard-won insights into the differences between military ideals and military practice, which will mock the ones ideals.

In this deeply thoughtful account of what it’s like to fight on nowadays’s front lines, Fick reveals the crushing pressure on young leaders in combat. Split-second decisions would possibly have national consequences or horrible immediate repercussions, but hesitation isn’t an option. One Bullet Away never shrinks from blunt truths, but in the long run it’s an inspiring account of mastering the art of war.

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