Bull's Eye: The Assassination and Life of Supergun Inventor Gerald Bull

by James Adams

The life story of a preeminent American artillery scientist divulges the nature of his undercover dealings with South Africa and Iraq before his murder in March of 1990. 20,000 first printing. $20,000 ad/promo. Tour.

Genres: Nonfiction, History, Biography

317 pages, Hardcover

First published March 3, 1992

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Reviews

[Nick Fields · Rating 1 out of 5]

My experience reading this book was not good at all. This book is very slow, it is interesting and at some points you can really get into it and locked in but for me it was much too slow. Eventually I got to the point where I stopped reading. I never completed this book and had to choose and pick up another one. Just because it slow doesn't mean it's bad, just much to slow for me.

In this book jerry bull has a conflict between society and himself. Most of the people he worked and went to America to work and make more money. Bull, unlike everyone else remained in his home country if Canada to work for the Canadian military for far less income. This is a similar problem that can happen in life life. People often struggle whether to do what they believe or follow was is correct in their environment.

I recommend this book to someone that has a lot of time on their hands. Also to read this book you have to be willing to be bored and points and have the persistence to power through. This book is not entirely boring, their is interesting parts that are filled with information.

[Anthony Ambruso · Rating 4 out of 5]

I never knew anything about this man

But this was a good book. In the final analysis I feel sorry for Dr. Bull. I believe he was an idealist who suffered for his idealism at the hand of governments he loved and trusted. I think other people have to take some responsibility for Gerry Bull's handiwork.

[Matthew Harwood · Rating 5 out of 5]

A truly interesting read about the life and creations of an incredibly smart man who was willing to work for anyone who would pay for his experiments. Assassinated before he could cause lasting damage this is a great telling of his life and a good read for people with an interest in physics or history.

[Rick Northrup · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you love spy vs spy , fiction drama, try this book, True story , I don,t think an author of fiction could think up all the twists and turns, contacts and betrayals , covered in this book
Even more interesting for me as I had some limited knowledge of the drama in real time.

[Jonno · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very interesting story. It was specific tho, perhaps too detailed for the story to flow freely.
This is taking nothing away from the amount of time and research it took to complete this book.

[gnarlyhiker · Rating 4 out of 5]

“Bull’s Eye” and the life of Gerald Bull reads like something out of a Grisham novel, except this is not a novel or some James Bond wannabe, but the very real deal. Excellent read.

good luck

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