KBL: Kill Bin Laden: A Novel Based On True Events (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
Military pov of this event. Some language, surprisingly, not a lot. Background info on politicians during decision-making time made it more interesting and much more frightening when put in perspective. Highly recommended for history, military, and political readers. I appreciated the perceptions of the novel: military, historical, and, especially, the personality of the involved political persons. Which now allows me to write < I'm scared for my nation. Novel based on the events leading up to SEAL Team 6's mission to take out Bin Laden. Good airplane reading, but the author betrays his politics with a lot of unnecessary administration bashing (names are all changed but profile of characters match the real people). The author doesn't think highly of politicians, and anyone he wants to make look especially like a pompous buffoon gets a numeral after his name. The stereotyping is all very trite and detracts from what could be (and is in real life) a great story. Still, a good fast read for a long plane trip.Interestingly, the only name he doesn't change to "protect the innocent" is Eric Holder, Obama's attorney general, who comes in for special wrath for dialing back Patriot Act excesses. While I am a foreign policy hawk, I also appreciate those willing to keep our country (and our troops) safe by standing up for our Constitution.
What do You think about KBL: Kill Bin Laden: A Novel Based On True Events (2011)?
A fictionalized account of the operation to kill Osama Bin Laden. Very cool lots of action.
—ben
Interesting imagining of what might of happened...given the few facts we know.
—laurenbbxo96
I liked this "fiction" book better than No Easy Day.
—dumebi
