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Philipps, David.
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Gallagher, Eddie, 1979- -- Trials, litigation, etc.
United States. Navy. SEALs -- Military life -- Biography.
United States. Naval Special Warfare Command. SEAL Team Seven. Alpha Platoon -- Biography.
IS (Organization)
Trials (Murder) -- United States.
War crime trials -- United States.
Courts-martial and courts of inquiry -- United States.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Campaigns -- Iraq -- Mosul.
Military discipline -- United States.
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Philipps, David.
Gallagher, Eddie, 1979- -- Trials, litigation, etc.
United States. Navy. SEALs -- Military life -- Biography.
United States. Naval Special Warfare Command. SEAL Team Seven. Alpha Platoon -- Biography.
IS (Organization)
Trials (Murder) -- United States.
War crime trials -- United States.
Courts-martial and courts of inquiry -- United States.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Campaigns -- Iraq -- Mosul.
Military discipline -- United States.
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Alpha
:
Eddie
Gallagher
and the
war
for the
soul
of the
Navy
Seals
/ David Philipps.
by
Philipps, David.
Crown, 2021.
Call #:
956.704434 P558a
Subjects
Gallagher
,
Eddie
, 1979- -- Trials, litigation, etc.
United States.
Navy
.
SEALs
-- Military life -- Biography.
United States. Naval Special Warfare Command. SEAL Team Seven.
Alpha
Platoon -- Biography.
IS (Organization)
Trials (Murder) -- United States.
War
crime trials -- United States.
Courts-martial and courts of inquiry -- United States.
Iraq
War
, 2003-2011 -- Campaigns -- Iraq -- Mosul.
Military discipline -- United States.
ISBN:
9780593238387 (hc)
Alternate title:
Eddie
Gallagher
and the
war
for the
soul
of the
Navy
Seals
Edition:
1st edition
Description:
xxvii, 443 p. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"By official accounts, the
Navy
SEALs
of
Alpha
platoon returned as heroes after their 2017 deployment to Mosul, following a vicious, bloody, and successful campaign to drive ISIS from the city. But within the platoon a different
war
raged. Even as Alpha’s chief,
Eddie
Gallagher
, was being honored by the
Navy
for his leadership, several of his men were preparing to report him for
war
crimes, alleging that he’d stabbed a prisoner in cold blood and taken lethal sniper shots at unarmed civilians. Many young
SEALs
regarded
Gallagher
as the ideal special operations commando. Trained as a sniper, a medic, and an explosives expert, he was considered a battle-tested leader. But in the heat of combat, some in his platoon saw a darker figure -- a man who appeared to be coming unhinged after multiple deployments in America’s forever wars. Their excitement to work with a tough, experienced chief soon gave way to a grim suspicion that his thirst for blood seemed to know no bounds and a belief that his unpredictability was as dangerous as the enemy. In riveting detail, Pulitzer Prize–winning New York Times correspondent David Philipps reveals the story of a group of special operators caught in a moral crucible -- should they uphold their oath and turn in their chief, or honor the SEALs’ unwritten code of silence? It is also a larger story of how the SEAL Teams drifted off course after 9/11, and of the “pirate” subculture that festered within their ranks -- a secret brotherhood that, in a time of endless
war
with few clear victories, made the act of killing itself the paramount goal. The investigation and trial following Alpha’s deployment -- and Gallagher’s ultimate acquittal on the most serious charges -- would pit SEAL against SEAL, set the
Navy
brass on a collision course with President Donald Trump, and turn
Gallagher
into a political litmus test in a hotly polarized America. A page-turning tale of battle, honor, and betrayal,
Alpha
is a remarkable exposé of the fault lines fracturing a country that has been at
war
for a generation and counting."--Publisher.
Genre:
True crime.
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