{"product_id":"one-bullet-away-by-nathaniel-fick-9780753821879","title":"One Bullet Away","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1998, Nathaniel Fick was just another history student on a comfortable career trajectory from high school to college to a white-collar job. Then he attended a lecture by a \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e reporter who had just published a book on the US Marines. Inspired, he passed the gruelling selection course and joined the Marine Corps upon graduation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePosted to a Marine Regiment in the wake of 9\/11, he took part in the invasion of Afghanistan, then led a platoon of their elite Recon Battalion during the invasion of Iraq.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne Bullet Away\u003c\/i\u003e is not a book about the Iraq invasion per se; it is an articulate and deeply thoughtful young man's account of what it means to fight on the frontline, risking not just death or injury, but psychological harm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNathaniel 'Nate' Fick took 65 men to war and returned home with all 65. He proved himself an excellent officer and earned a promotion, but resigned in 2003 to write this book and attend Harvard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46849601208556,"sku":"9780753821879","price":31.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/10318553482456.jpg?v=1759056313","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/one-bullet-away-by-nathaniel-fick-9780753821879","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}