Seal Team Seven: Battleground (Special Warfare Series)

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Summary: Fun, but poorly edited
Review: Although I enjoy reading the series, it is frustrating to see the total lack of editing. With 14 years in the Navy, 4 in Naval Special Warfare, I spend as much time saying "What! No way!" It would be so easy to find someone who would be willing to offer constructive criticism and make the series much better.

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Summary: What a waste of time
Review: Compared to Tom Clancey's "Without Remorse" or Richard Herman's "Force of Eagles", both of which involved rescuing military prisoners - this book is so superfictial that I am sure Mr. Douglass must write story lines for the soap opera my wife watches in the afternoons. Using F-14s for close air support instead of F-18s, Marine LCACs but no supporting Marine troops, this book has less depth than Mr. Douglass's earlier 'Carrier' series, which was at least somewhat logical.

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Summary: Exciting, but TERRIBLY EDITED.
Review: I have read 5 of Mr. Douglass's Seal Team Seven books and this one had the worst editing job that I've ever encountered. The Seals go through their motions and do in the bad guys, but the editor kills the story. For example, Magic Brown the Seals sniper carries an M-88 McMillan sniper rifle on page 223 that becomes an M-93 fifty on page 230 and then he has a H&K PSG1 sniper rifle on page 234. If you like action and can over look all of the errors that a 10-year-old could have caught, then go ahead and read it. But if you want some good military action series, read Bob Mayer's Riley series or Richard Marcinko's Rogue Warrior Series. These guys have actually been there and done that (BTDT) stuff for REAL. Mr. Douglass, the stories have potential but, get a new Editor or a new Publisher. The lack of editing in this book was unforgivable.

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Summary: Intense
Review: Keith Douglass knows the military lingo and the situations the SEAL Teams get into. His characters are real people who evolve through ech book. This book in the series is no exception. You will think you are part of the Team!

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Summary: Best Author on Fiction for Navy SEALs I have ever read!
Review: Keith Douglass knows the military lingo and the situations the SEAL Teams get into. His characters are real people who evolve through ech book. This book in the series is no exception. You will think you are part of the Team!

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Summary: Intense
Review: These Seal Team books are great! While I generally prefer more mainstream war novels like "The Triumph and the Glory" to these more tighly focused novels, Douglass is so good at what he does that I never miss one of his books.

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Summary: Intense
Review: These Seal Team books are great! While I generally prefer more mainstream war novels like "The Triumph and the Glory" to these more tighly focused novels, Douglass is so good at what he does that I never miss one of his books.

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Summary: Excellent
Review: This book really describes weapons specifications and war politics if you are into those. The book includes real training methods used by real SEALs in Boot Camp. The book so excellently describes the SEAL's missions it's as if you are there with the SEALs. Non-stop action and the introduction of new weapons and scenarios is excellent in this book. Definetely one of my favorites. I have all of the Seal Team Seven series right now. Waiting, hoping, for more. :-)

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Summary: A truly exciting and action-packed book by Douglass
Review: This is the first book I had a chance to read in the Seal Team Seven series and also the first book I ever read about Seals. The book is filled with action, realistic missions, high-tech warfare, and the best and most up-to-date tactical weapons and equipment. I guarantee you are NOT wasting your money if you buy this book! After I read this book, I went out and bought every other book in the series. Keith Douglass has gone from being an author I never heard of, to my favourite (that's right I am Canadian, so I did not make a spelling mistake)author! I am just praying he writes many more in the series. I am not going to give any of the book away, so all I will tell you is buy it!!!! It is a very exciting book! I have read the book six times and it has gotten my adrenaline going each time. Once you read it, please e-mail and let me know what you think. And just because I am Canadian who says I can't love the U.S. Navy Seals?

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Summary: Underwheming
Review: This is the first book I read in the "Seal Team Seven" series. I am a big fan of Douglass' work, though. I read the first installment in the "Carrier" series in which an American spy ship is captured off the coast of North Korea. Needless to say, I was hooked. Sadly, "Battleground" is nowhere near as good as Carrier. The action scenes are boring and become quickly repetitive. None of the characters are particularly interesting either. I found the action derivative of the standard action movie cliche in which the bad guys can't shoot to save their lives but the good guys score a hit every time. I was sorely dissapointed in the book and am glad I got out of the library for free.