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Stalk and Kill: The Thrill and Danger of the Sniper Experience

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The history of sniping provided is the usual standard stuff; like most books, this book begins its account from the American Revolution, continuing through the American Civil War and the World Wars to approximately the last decade, although "stalk and kill - the sniper experience" goes a long way back before that and should include the use of weapons other than firearms. In depicting post-World War 2 sniping, the author limits himself to theaters in which the British had influence (Falklands, Korea, Yemen etc) and the experiences of the British Army, various English mercenaries, and the SAS. He fails to discuss "the sniper experience" of Russia's wars, or the Caucasus, Africa, or the Middle East. While the book's best focus is on the First World War, it does not particularly shine even in portraying that theater. Overall a lackluster book of fairly limited scope.

i would recomend this book to any body interseted in snipers and the tactics that snipers use to get with in killing range of their target, this book was very interesting and informative

This is a fairly good book, however. I prefer stories about a person's experiences. This is more generically about snipers. It covers what it takes to be a sniper, the skills,the training, the experience if you will. If you don't know a lot about snipers and wish to discover more, not a bad book to buy.

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US ARMY SNIPER

It contains everything: rich history, amazing stories, and an huge bibliography. A pleasure to read.

This is an interesting non-fiction piece, which carries the reader through the historical evolution of snipers. If you've ever wanted to know how snipers came to be the way they are today, then this book is for you.

While it's great that he covers so many different areas in our global history of snipers, with his bibliography I could have cut and paste stories along a timeline too. This book while containing facts on actual events, left little to be desired as far as enjoying the read goes.