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Sacrifice: The Green Berets, a Fateful Ambush, and a Gold Star Widow's Fight for the Truth
The shocking and affecting memoir from a gold-star widow searching for the truth behind her Green Beret husband's death, this book bears witness to the true sacrifices made by military families.
When Green Beret Bryan Black was killed in an ambush in Niger in 2017, his wife Michelle saw her worst nightmare become a reality. She was left alone with her grief and with two young sons to raise. But what followed Bryan's death was an even more difficult journey for the young widow. After receiving very few details about the attack that took her husband's life, it was up to Michelle to find answers. It became her mission to learn the truth about that day in Niger--and Sacrifice is the result of that mission.
In this heartbreaking and revelatory memoir, Michelle uses exclusive interviews with the survivors of her husband's unit, research into the military leadership and accountability, and her own unique vantage point as a gold-star widow to tell a previously unknown story. Sacrifice is both an honest, emotional look inside a military marriage and a searing investigation of the people and decisions at the heart of the US military.
When Green Beret Bryan Black was killed in an ambush in Niger in 2017, his wife Michelle saw her worst nightmare become a reality. She was left alone with her grief and with two young sons to raise. But what followed Bryan's death was an even more difficult journey for the young widow. After receiving very few details about the attack that took her husband's life, it was up to Michelle to find answers. It became her mission to learn the truth about that day in Niger--and Sacrifice is the result of that mission.
In this heartbreaking and revelatory memoir, Michelle uses exclusive interviews with the survivors of her husband's unit, research into the military leadership and accountability, and her own unique vantage point as a gold-star widow to tell a previously unknown story. Sacrifice is both an honest, emotional look inside a military marriage and a searing investigation of the people and decisions at the heart of the US military.
352 pages, Paperback
Published May 10, 2022
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January 8, 2024
My first book of the year, a Christmas gift from my Special Forces son and I read it in a weekend! In this riveting memoir, the author and wife of a Green Beret tells the story of her search for truth following the death of her husband in a mission gone horribly wrong. The book itself is an act of courage as she persists in digging until she puts together a minute by minute narrative of miscommunication, deception as well as heartbreaking bravery and sacrifice.
November 26, 2024
An all too familiar tale of our nation’s warriors being faced with insurmountable odds due to inept leaders and a complete lack of accountability from those in the highest positions.
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