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On October 12, 2000, eleven months before the 9/11 attacks, the USS Cole docked in the port of Aden in Yemen for a routine fueling stop. At 1118, on a hot, sunny morning, the 8,400-ton destroyer was rocked by an enormous explosion. The ship’s commander, Kirk Lippold, felt the ship violently thrust up and to the right, as everything not bolted down seemed to float in midair. Tiles tumbled from the ceiling, and the ship was plunged into darkness, beginning to sink. In a matter of moments Lippold knew that the Cole had been attacked. What he didn’t know was how much the world was changing around him.
The bombing of the Cole was al Qaeda’s first direct assault against the United States and expanded their brazen and deadly string of terrorist attacks throughout the Middle East. In this gripping first-person narrative, Lippold reveals the details of this harrowing experience leading his crew of valiant sailors through the attack and its aftermath. Seventeen sailors died in the explosion and thirty-seven were wounded—but thanks to the valor of the crew in the perilous days that followed, the ship was saved.
Yet even with al Qaeda’s intentions made clear in an unmistakable act of war, the United States government delayed retaliating. Bureaucrats and politicians sought to shift and pin blame as they ignored the danger signaled by the attack, shirking responsibility until the event was ultimately overshadowed by 9/11.
Front Burner captures a critical moment in America’s battle against al Qaeda, telling a vital story that has—until now—been lost in the fog of the war on terror.
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William J. Perry, 19th Secretary of Defense
"Front Burner is a personal story of loss, and pain - but it is also a story of courage, determination, respect, honor, and integrity that each and every man and woman on the USS Cole demonstrated that day, on September 11, 2001 and indeed today. This book and the story of the men and women that it recounts is an inspiration.”
Kirkus Reviews
“Lippold delivers a personal, opinionated account of the last outrage before 9/11 which should have galvanized our leaders but didn’t.”
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot
“Compelling and poignant… [Lippold] ends his main narrative on a high note, writing, ‘The crew of USS Cole saved their ship and their shipmates. All of them are my heroes.’ Reading this book or passing the somber Cole memorial at Norfolk Naval Station, one can feel only that they are our heroes as well.”
Huntington News
"Front Burner" is an important work of military history and stands as an essential recounting of a critical moment in America's battle against Al Qaeda.”
History Net
“An earnestly told tale of bravery and determination. It provides gripping detail about the Cole attack—much of it not previously revealed—as well as its grisly aftermath… It opens a pre-9/11 window into the government's failure to share intelligence with those most in need of it. Lippold saves his most generous words for his crew's magnificent performance in casualty assistance and damage control during the days following the attack, when the flooding of two of the ship's engine rooms threatened to sink it. His pride in the crew's performance is palpable.”
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16 人中、16人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Simply Amazing.
2012/4/13
形式:Kindle版|Amazonが確認した購入
As a crew member on board during that fateful day, I and many others have waited a long time to have this story told. CDR Lippold did an amazing job with this. It was an honor to serve with him. If you are interested in the truth of what happened in yemen, definatly read this book.
16 人中、16人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
A Cautionary Tale
2012/4/10
形式:ハードカバー
Often overlooked between the embassy bombings in Africa and the events around September 11 is the attack on the USS Cole, then refueling in Yemen. A garbage scow approached the ship on its mooring and blew a hole in the port side, killing many crew members and, in the years ahead, sinking the career of the captain, Commander Kirk Lippold, whose story is told here. After the attack, Commander Lippold and his crew managed to save the ship, with heroic acts of bravery, but they were less successful in keep afloat the naval career of the captain, who to certain U.S. senators looked as though he had been asleep on the bridge. In fact, as the book explains clearly and in page-turning detail, the Navy had no idea that in sending its ships to refuel in Yemen they were ordering them into the crosshairs of al-Qaeda operatives, intent on kamikaze missions against U.S. ships. The fate of the Cole was no different that what happened to other Navy ships in the battle of Okinawa, the difference being that the U.S. government, instead of learning from the attack on the Cole, decided that the captain was the cause of the embarrassment, and in the months and years that followed, his career was mothballed. Had the lessons he learned in Aden harbor, however, been drilled more competently into other branches of the government, it's possible that 9/11 could at least have been mitigated. Instead they had to be relearned at the World Trade Center and in Washington, without the benefits of Commander Cole's insights into the enemies over the horizon. The writing here is clear, engaging, riveting at times, and direct. No doubt the Naval Academy will use it for years to teach its midshipmen about dangerous waters, but it's a shame that Commander Lippold's book has serve as proxy for what he could have been explaining in person to the Navy and other branches of government about what he had learned under fire from a determined enemy.
13 人中、13人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Read this book, know the names of the USS Cole heroes!
2012/4/10
形式:ハードカバー
This is well worth your time, a great read and a powerful story from Commander Lippold. The actions of he and his crew on that day were amazing. Not only did they save their ship from sinking but they saved their shipmates as well, POWERFUL STUFF!
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