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More Than Courage [Mass Market Paperback]

Harold Coyle (Author)
2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)


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February 3, 2004
Courage is often enough to drive a soldier forward, to cause him to climb out of his foxhole and face enemy fire. But it takes a little more than courage to keep him going when every instinct dictates that he should do otherwise.

This truth becomes self-evident when the men belonging to Recon Team Kilo, a Special Forces A-Team operating deep in hostile territory, are overwhelmed by indigenous forces. Without leadership and unit cohesion, the survivors struggle to stay faithful to their code of conduct in the face of brutal imprisonment and an uncertain future.

An elite force, ready to place themselves in harm's way to save their own, is sent on a dangerous mission to rescue the POWs. They're lead by Lieutenant Colonel Harry Shaddock, whose men would follow him anywhere. His mission is to save fellow soldiers while putting his own in harm's way. As the families of the imprisoned soldiers learn that their loved ones are being killed off one by one, the operation becomes more dangerous than anyone had imagined. In order to triumph all must draw upon something from within. SOMETHING MORE THAN COURAGE.

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"Harold Coyle is the best natural storyteller I know."--Tom Clancy

"Harold Coyle is a superbly talented storyteller ... the Tom Clancy of ground warfare."--W.E.B. Griffin

"Nobody knows war like Harold Coyle, and nobody writes it better."--Stephen Coonts

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"Harold Coyle is a superbly talented storyteller ... the Tom Clancy of ground warfare."--W.E.B. Griffin

Courage is often enough to drive a soldier forward, to cause him to climb out of his foxhole and face enemy fire. But it takes a little more than courage to keep him going when every instinct dictates that he should do otherwise.

This truth becomes self-evident when the men belonging to Recon Team Kilo, a Special Forces A-Team operating deep in hostile territory, are overwhelmed by indigenous forces. Without leadership and unit cohesion, the survivors struggle to stay faithful to their code of conduct in the face of brutal imprisonment and an uncertain future.

An elite force, ready to place themselves in harm's way to save their own, is sent on a dangerous mission to rescue the POWs. They're lead by Lieutenant Colonel Harry Shaddock, whose men would follow him anywhere. His mission is to save fellow soldiers while putting his own in harm's way. As the families of the imprisoned soldiers learn that their loved ones are being killed off one by one, the operation becomes more dangerous than anyone had imagined. In order to triumph all must draw upon something from within. SOMETHING MORE THAN COURAGE.

"Nobody knows war like Harold Coyle, and nobody writes it better."--Stephen Coonts

Product Details

  • Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Forge Books; First Edition edition (February 3, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0765341093
  • ISBN-13: 978-0765341099
  • Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,207,394 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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19 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Equal to Coyle's previous best, September 17, 2003
This review is from: More Than Courage (Hardcover)
For those who have enjoyed the previous works of Harold Coyle, More than Courage will not disappoint. Coyle's latest is a strong, compelling story --- a real page turner from the very beginning of the book. Coyle grabs the reader and does not let go. Character development is strong. Coyle excels in his ability to portray duty, honor and courage right next to the anxiety, turmoil and inner conflict experienced by combatants and military planners. All in all, this is a very strong effort from Coyle. In fact, I think that More than Courage in on a par with The Ten Thousand, which I found to be Coyle's best previous work.
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Skip it, July 31, 2003
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Del C Brown (Honolulu, HI United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: More Than Courage (Hardcover)
I literally could not finish this book; I stopped after exactly 100 pages.

There were too many technical flaws that anybody familiar with the US military and its special operations forces would be able to point out. I felt like I was reading a Hollywood manuscript...that's how technically inaccurate it was.

Sorry, but when it comes to military books, suspension of belief is not in my vernacular. The author obviously did very little research in writing this book. His editor should also be ashamed as I found a couple of proofreading errors within the 100 pages that I read.

Although I feel bad for giving this book a review without even having read the whole book, I cannot bring myself to read a book on military fiction that is technically inaccurate with proofreading errors.

I suggest the author research his material better next time.

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Appropriate and Timely, April 25, 2003
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We have enjoyed many Coyle novels, starting with Team Yankee and including the several stories relating the military career of Scott Dixon, and even his son. He has done a wonderful job of describing the professional soldier and his (and her) sacrifices to defend the United States. More Than Courage may be his best, possibly excepting The Ten Thousand. In this novel he describes the relationships which develop within a unit and the loyalties between warriors, as well as the travails of prisoners of war in the modern era.
Coyle's prescience is amazing. Published in April, 2003, as the major fighting of Operation Iraqi Freedom is ending, this book eerily describes an environment where US special operations units are operating in Syria to identify and locate chemical and biological weapons sites hidden in Syria as the Saddam regime ended in Iraq. A Syrian patrol happens upon a recon team as it is deployed around a potential site, breaks up the team's operation, and captures several of its members. The story relates the capture, the aftermath for the team members, and the efforts to obtain their release, ending finally with a rescue operation.
In relating this story, Coyle is most critical of the media and the way some of them ignore any traces of taste or judgement in their drive to get a story. He is also critical of the way the media may drive and bias an event in order to generate more drama-assisted by politicians whose major concern is getting in the news.
More than Courage is a good story, and will be still be a good read next year. But the timing of its publication makes it a fitting tribute to POW's returning now, and those still missing. There is no way we can offer sufficient tribute to POW/MIA's. As Bill Fornes, a Korean-era POW, related in telling his story (Walking Through a Spider's Web, 2001), he was prepared to die for his country-he was not prepared to be a prisoner of war.
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By the time the sun began its final swift descent in the west it had been drained of all its harsh cruelty. Read the first page
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unmanned bombers, young platoon leader, recon vehicle, air force liaison officer, plans officer, spade grips, rally point, admin building, ops officer, recon teams, ops center, special forces officer, hand mike, recon unit
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Kilo Two, Kilo Three, Kilo Six, Land Warrior, United States, Ken Aveno, Kilo One, Robert Delmont, New York, First Squad, Fort Irwin, First Platoon, General Palmer, Reverend Brown, Alpha Company, Army War Room, Red Six, Colonel Shaddock, Captain Burman, Sec Def, Second Platoon, Secretary of Defense, Sergeant Hashmi, Sergeant Yousaf Hashmi, Task Force
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