Dead Center Dead Center

Dead Center

A Marine Sniper's Two-Year Odyssey in the Vietnam War

    • 4.4 • 129 Ratings
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Publisher Description

WHEN YOU'RE IN THE DEATH BUSINESS,
EACH DAWN COULD BE YOUR LAST.

Raw, straightforward, and powerful, Ed Kugler's account of his two years as a Marine scout-sniper in Vietnam vividly captures his experiences there--the good, the bad, and the ugly. After enlisting in the Marines at seventeen, then being wounded in Santo Domingo during the Dominican crisis, Kugler arrived in Vietnam in early 1966.

As a new sniper with the 4th Marines, Kugler picked up bush skills while attached to 3d Force Recon Company, and then joined the grunts. To take advantage of that experience, he formed the Rogues, a five-sniper team that hunted in the Co Bi-Than Tan Valley for VC and NVA. His descriptions of long, tense waits, sudden deadly action, and NVA countersniper ambushes are fascinating.

In DEAD CENTER, Kugler demonstrates the importance to a sniper of patience, marksmanship, bush skills, and guts--while underscoring exactly what a country demands of its youth when it sends them to war.

GENRE
History
RELEASED
1999
May 29
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
400
Pages
PUBLISHER
Random House Publishing Group
SELLER
Penguin Random House LLC
SIZE
8.9
MB

Customer Reviews

BuckeyeRon58 ,

An interesting perspective

I have read many books about the war in Vietnam, most of which were written by active participants. The general consensus always seems to revert back to the fact that the politicians in Washington tied the hands of the military, thus crippling their efforts to win the war. Having seen first hand how true this is, it is a wonder that even more Americans weren’t killed in this war. This book follows that same pattern.

First hand accounts of war can be gruesome, enthralling, and downright terrifying to those not accustomed to such carnage. The author does a good job of mixing the realities of the brutalities of war with the very human side of its participants. This is evident in the episode where the snipers are actually cheering for an enemy soldier to make it to freedom before being taken out by air support.

I especially liked the prologue where the author gives an update on the many characters found in the book. I thought that was nice touch.

Overall, I recommend this book to all readers who are interested in the Vietnam war.

Afghan combat vet ,

Great thanks to these warriors and long live the heroes!

We will never forget!!!

66/67 3rd Tanks Bravo Co. ,

Dead center

The author obviously walked the walk and was a intriguing part of The Vietnam war. He is well spoken and was able to take his experience and put it on paper. I myself was stationed at most of those described locations and was assigned to the 3rd Tank Batt Bravo Co. and can attest to the accuracy of this Author’s descriptions, read it you’ll like it, Joe B.

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