{"product_id":"dead-center-ed-kugler-9780804118750","title":"Dead Center: A Marine Sniper's Two-Year Odyssey in the Vietnam War","description":"WHEN YOU'RE IN THE DEATH BUSINESS, \u003cbr\u003eEACH DAWN COULD BE YOUR LAST. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRaw, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ed Kugler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0804118752\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804118750\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ballantine Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/29\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.87h x 4.15w x 1.08d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Paperback Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/1999 pg. 41","brand":"Ed Kugler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947210998015,"sku":"9780804118750","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_641c12f8-1c52-47ba-ada2-9c66e33f20b3.jpg?v=1681517382","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dead-center-ed-kugler-9780804118750","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}