A review by mobcob
No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden by Mark Owen

2.0

This book is better described as a report of this mission, told in first person, rather than a firsthand account. The author accurately (as he many times reminds his audience) of the events which led to and included the assassination of Osama Bin Laden, but leaves out the motivations behind this mission, looking down on the Washington politicians who ordered it and heaping praise on the actual executors. While the emotions and trials are reported (again, accurately, lest the reader doubt), they are not conveyed. This man is a military man, not a born writer. His love of firearms and total belief in his worldview and humility have served to remind me that I am increasingly becoming an inflamed liberal who questions the necessity of war and the the expectations of unquestioning loyalty.