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Summary: Eye Opening From One Who Has Seen It !
Review: Very believable after going through 8 years of the Clinton Administration !Even with all the backstabbing lying scum it Government it gives a person some hope that there are a few people in Government with some Character. Great to read a book without all the trash words.
Rating: 
Summary: Don't put money into the pockets of traitors!
Review: Oliver North is a traitor to the United States. We should never forget that this is a man who sold weapons to Iran in the 1980s. That's giving aid and comfort to the enemy. That's the definition of treason. The mere fact that this reprehensible human being gets to be a pundit on Fox News, and gets to write books, is mind-boggling. If there was any justice in the world, Mr. North would be spending the rest of his life in a 10x10 cell, where he most certainly belongs. Don't put your hard earned money into the pockets of traitors like Ollie North. If you do, you're only letting the terrorists win.
Rating:
Summary: Not worth the read
Review: First off, let me start by saying that I have a great deal
of respect for Oliver North and find myself agreeing with
him on many points. That being said, I would not recommend
this book to anyone. It was about 300 pages too long and
didn't go anywhere fast. I had to force myself to finish
the last 200 pages and wasn't impressed. Also, the underlying
Christian theme, while ok, had no place in the book. I hope
that any books he writes in the future turn out better than this
one.
Rating: 
Summary: Tom Clancy Meets Billy Graham, and gets his butt kicked
Review: I got this book with really high hopes. Based on the jacket and the reviews, I was hoping for something Clancy-esque but a bit more grounded in the real world. What I got was a book that was very light on military suspense and action, had a few good layers of anti-Clintonism, but was mainly about spiritual searching and Christianity. While I don't fault Ollie for his religion, I feel like the victim of a bait and switch - Clancy was advertised, but I ended up with Billy Graham. I did give 2 stars, however, because the parts of the book that aren't preaching to me are actually pretty good. Ollie (and his ghost writer) did a good job setting up a decent plot line and weaving some decent prose around it. Where the book falters, repeatedly, is with the spirituality angle. A little of it would have been OK... about half-way through I was full... and by the end I was just happy to be done with it. If you really want a book that is 50% about Christianity, 30% about military suspense, 20% taking pot-shots at the Clinton White House (which is hardly challenging), this is your book. Oh, and there is no way this book is 98% non-fiction...
Rating: 
Summary: Angry, Detailed and Monotonous
Review: This was a very busy book. North had to simultaneous bash the Clinton Administration and other democrats as well as the United Nations, recreate his more youthful days in the Marine Corps and kill two of the worlds top bad guys in just 600 pages. Oh yeah, and he had to write about himself coming to save the day too, as if Peter Newman wasn't good enough to be the hero. I could not help but dislike the UN, the Clinton Administration and the Iraqi's after reading this book. Next time, Oly, take out the personal feelings and leave yourself behind the keyboard not on the screen. A good score though if you found it on the bargain rack like I did.
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Summary: "98% factual" said Ollie
Review: I heard Ollie promoting his book on Sean Hannity's radio show when it came out. He said that he kept in just enough fiction to allow him to print it without Department of Defense authoriztion and after pressuring from Sean said that it was about "98% factual." Well, after hearing the description of the book's plot and his interview, I was intrigued. I won't bother telling any of the basic plot, that has already been done here ad nauseum between both the "professional" editorial and customer reviews. Although some of the latter category obviously think they belong in the former. I suspect they are just failed authors and this is their only means of having anyone read what they write. Why else would you waste the time commenting on 50, 100, 150+ books? But I digress... It's a good book, worth the read and makes one wonder if such a thing actually did happen. Could Ollie have just been exaggerating as to the factual content of the book? Sure. But could the basic events and their results have happened under the auspices of the Clinton administration and the U.N.? Certainly. Read and decide for yourself.
Rating:
Summary: Excellent Work of Military Suspense
Review: I just finished LtCol North's book, and found it to be both a "page turner" and a quick read for a book of some 600 pages. The basic storyline is straightforward enough; a "good guy" Marine and his ultra-secret special operations unit are misled and ultimately betrayed by their superiors, one entranced with the "New World Order," and one out for his own profit. There are plenty of twists and turns, however, and suspense builds steadily throughout the last half of the book. This is written from a conservative viewpoint, and the developing Christian faith of the protagonist and his wife, and the faith of those who help them, become fairly important to the plot development. The basic story, however, is strong enough that it should overcome any dislike these factors might engender in liberal readers. In any event, the book is generally well-written, and certainly grabs and keeps your attention as the events begin to accelerate. This is definitely a book that, once started, is hard to put down until finished.
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Summary: Mission Compromised Is A Mission Of Promise
Review: Though I have read many books in this genre - military/goverment- I must say that this is one of the best novels I have ever read. Oliver North is a vibrant story-teller, full of talent for making you feel like you know the characters and places and are there.
I was a bit unsure at first with the glossary of acronyms and assumed that I would be flipping back and forth between them and what I was reading, just to decipher each paragraph. But, I quickly found that I was learning and enjoying at the same time. It is full of intrigue, mystery, action, truth, and the occasional comedic flare. "I laughed, I cried, it moved me Bob."
I believe that this novel is more historical fiction than pure fiction. And maybe a bit of an autobiography as well. It showed a side of Oliver North that many like to discount - his humanity and Christianity. I recommend this book for everyone.
Rating:
Summary: A great read...!
Review: Weaving a lurid tale of international terrorism that begins in the 1980s, Oliver North offers up a compelling story of a lone Marine's experience with Washington bureaucracy and shady criminal elements on the international scene. I'm sure a great amount of the book is based on North's personal experience prior to the Iran-Contra hearings. A great book readers will find difficult to put down. However, overall, the best fictional account of the war on terror is Britt Gillette's "Conquest of Paradise". ... Regardless, Oliver North creates a heart-pounding drama with his first novel. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Along with America's secrets . . . .who stole the editor?
Review: If you are an Amazon-o-phile you probably read books avidly, write reviews discriminatingly, carefully choose your books and your words, come to your own conclusions, and then see the "other" reviews to determine if "others" saw things either as you did or perhaps saw things you did not. Sometimes you're confused, sometime you're pleased, and then there are those times when you feel your desktop has jumped into another website. Reviewers are talking about the book, but they're not talking about the writing. Such is the case with Oliver North's prodigious effort, "Mission Compromised." So this is an interesting tale in which if you knew the history of North's relationship with the Executive and Legislative branches of the Government you would have to conclude that it was semi-autobiographical. Major Pete Newman, ergo sum, is Colonel Ollie North. Don't be confused by the conversations and meetings between Colonel North, ret. and Newman The other characters are fairly easy to understand after a few lines from North's pen . . . .errrr . . . .laptop. Fat, rude, nasty and obese people rarely turn out to be good guys. Multi billionaires who sell secret products to the bad guys are, well, bad guys themselves. There's an odd or peculiar presence of "the Christian message" in the book, which perhaps is overstated in a purportedly fictional novel. It's like sitting down with your kids to watch the NCAA playoffs, and the doorbell rings and it's two Church "witnesses." The message is good; you're just not sure why you're getting it now. It seems out of place. Now I myself liked Colonel North. I served with him (although I did not know him personally) in Vietnam as a young Marine Lieutenant. So let me distance myself from those who call him a traitor and a quisling and a turncoat. This Marine doesn't think so. But what seems to be unfortunate is that those reviews that are unsupportive of the book are fairly well outright dismissed. There's a 0 out of 7, a 1 out of 8, and I think a 1 or a 2 out of 32 on the votes "did this review help you?" They seem to take an unfortunate secret poll not on the efficacy of the book, but rather on whether or not you liked Colonel North. I chuckle at this because liking Colonel North, I seriously believe there is at least one terminal error about the novel. This book is at least 300 pages too long. I applaud those who say they got through all 600 pages in 4 or 5 days. Because I felt like a galley slave in an old Charlton Heston movie, working the oars for at least 325 pages. So I want to know WHERE WAS THE RED PEN? If Americans were asleep at the Iran Contra happenings, where was the editor that was supposed to say, "Ollie, this is a darn good story. Now go back to the hotel, drink some coffee and cut it in half." I like this book. I like this story. I like Colonel North. But this book is a long, long, long way to go to get across the street.
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