Book Review: Shooter
This book was a very good read but also an eye opener.I guess at my age I’m still naive enough to think that people have a certain inane empathy towards other human beings in this world.
This appears to be true when you see the world come together to try and help victims of the Tsunami in Asia, or of the hurricanes that devastated New Orleans.
But it chills my blood to read about the inhumanity that is purposely developed in other human beings for the purpose of taking the life of other human beings.
This book was very well written and gave me what I think is a unique insight into the mind of a killer.
Not a murderer but rather a man turned into a machine. Jack Coughlin freely admits that a certain mind set is required for his job and that it’s a requirement of being a Marine.
I had never truly realized how much thought and in some cases pleasure the Marines take in destroying (read killing) their enemies. It left me with a sense of fear for a few weeks after having read this book.
Nevertheless this is a great read and you shouldn’t ignore it just because the topic may be distasteful. Note that when I say distasteful this is no reflection of the authors or any of the people mentioned in the book just the actions that they document.