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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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