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Note: This is a hardback book list priced at $28. It may be purchased at Sam’s for $15.28. It was released on 9/11/2014.
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“This book documents the last hours of an American diplomatic outpost in one of the most dangerous corners of the globe. Based on exclusive firsthand accounts, it describes the bloody assault, tragic losses, and heroic deeds at the U. S. State Department Special Mission Compound and at a nearby CIA base called the Annex in Benghazi, Libya, from the night of September 11, 2012, into the morning of the next day.
“It is not about what officials in the United States government knew, said, or did after the attack, or about the ongoing controversy over talking points, electoral politics, and alleged conspiracies and cover-ups. It is not about what happened in hearing rooms of the capitol, anterooms of the White House, meeting rooms of the State Department, or greenrooms of TV talk shows. It is about what happened on the ground, in the streets, and on the rooftops of Benghazi, when bullets flew, buildings burned, and mortars rained. When lives were saved, lost, and forever changed.”
This is a fascinating story of a small group of former military special ops. personnel who continued to serve our country working as contractors for the CIA in Benghazi and elsewhere. Their story is one of men who ignored orders to “stand down” and responded to pleas for help from other Americans who had been abandoned by their government. It is a story of war as it is and the people who go beyond the call of duty, ignoring their own safety to help someone in need.
If justice is served, a future President will appropriately honor these brave men. B. D.
