Johnny Walker (3)
Auteur de Code Name: Johnny Walker: The Extraordinary Story of the Iraqi Who Risked Everything to Fight with the U.S. Navy SEALs
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- male
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- Œuvres
- 1
- Membres
- 94
- Popularité
- #199,202
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 4
- ISBN
- 19
You quickly develop an admiration for Johnny Walker for the risks he took and the dedication he showed on the job. He truly seemed to be devoted to the vision of a rebuilt and free Iraq, and was very much against the insurgents who brought terror and destruction to his country.
The personal story of Johnny Walker was interesting and moving, and you see how dangerous Iraq became after the fall of Saddam for ordinary Iraqi's. There are descriptions of several raids and missions which Johnny Walker participated in, but some are somewhat superficial in detail. That's understandable, especially on the missions he made with the SEAL Teams, since he wasn't a participant in the planning details, and often was unsure as to the nature of the mission. His job was to be available to translate with suspects following completion of the mission. So in some cases described, the drama and tension of other wartime stories is missing. You may not get a good sense of how the war was managed or how insurgents were identified and stopped, but you do get the sense of what it was like for an Iraqi to be on missions as an interpreter.
The book has a happy ending, at least for this particular interpreter and his immediate family, in that he was able to be rescued from the turmoil in Iraq and be relocated to the United States, where he and his family have made new lives for themselves. Unfortunately, Johnny Walker was one of the lucky ones, and many Iraqi's who risked much to assist the U.S. forces didn't have a champion working for them, and were unable to navigate the bureaucratic obstacles placed in their way in order to be able to be brought out of danger to the U.S.… (plus d'informations)