Mark Monday and I have been friends for a while (about 30 years). Back in the early 80’s Mark produced one of the first publications on International Terrorism titled– “Terrorism, Violence, and Insurgency Journal”. Mark has co authored a book titled “Ambush”. He has written the book with Gary Stubblefield who is a retired Seal with combat experience in Vietnam, Central America and early Gulf Conflicts, and Lt. Colonel Joshua Potter is the third contributor. Colonel Potter is West Point Graduate and served with distinguished service in Iraq.
Another old friend Tom Taylor has written a new book “Tiger’s Heart”. I have read all of Tom’s books; it is my belief, that although they are fictional accounts of EP/Bodyguard work they can be used as text books. In fact, in my opinion, they are better text books than most of the EP text books.
I just finished John Weisman’s book KBL – Kill Bin Laden. (John is another old friend – you noticing a theme here). KBL is a novel based on true events. It gets as close to the truth about the hunt for and the mission to kill Bin Laden. KBL is an incredible book. Even though you know the ending, the book grabs you from the first chapter right up to the ending. In my opinion it is as good as any new Tom Clancy’s books. John’s name may be familiar he is a seven time New York Times bestselling author. He co-authored best-seller Rogue Warrior, the story of Richard Marcinko and the creation of SEAL Team 6, and then conceived, created, developed and wrote eight best-selling Rogue fictional sequels.