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The Man in the Arena

From Fighting ISIS to Fighting for My Freedom

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The Man in the Arena

By: Eddie Gallagher, Andrea Gallagher
Narrated by: Eddie Gallagher, Andrea Gallagher
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On September 11, 2018, Navy SEAL Chief Edward Gallagher - a highly-decorated combat veteran with nine deployments to war zones in Africa, Afghanistan, and Iraq - was arrested for war crimes at the TBI medical clinic where he was receiving treatment. His incarceration was the culmination of a year-long whisper campaign started by a group of disgruntled members of his SEAL platoon after a successful deployment fighting ISIS in Mosul, Iraq. At the end of that deployment, Chief Gallagher was named the number-one chief at SEAL Team 7, put in for a Silver Star for valor on the battlefield, and listed for promotion to Senior Chief. The junior members whom Chief Gallagher had called out for cowardice and ineptitude in combat decided they couldn't let any of those things stand and escalated minor complaints into false accusations of stabbing a captured ISIS fighter and shooting noncombatants that gained international attention.

Despite a corrupt investigation and a deceitful prosecutor who would be removed from the case for spying on defense attorneys, Chief Gallagher was found innocent on all major charges, and freed from prison. But only after his family was put through hell, and President Trump intervened to allow Chief Gallagher a fair trial in a military justice system designed to break and persecute our country's warfighters.

While heavily covered in the media, the full story of how a war hero was railroaded and nearly sent to prison for life for crimes he didn't commit has never been told. Chief Gallagher did not testify at his trial and has spoken in little detail about how this travesty came about. Until now. A shocking, raw, tell-all expose that pulls no punches, and identifies each and every bad actor in this surreal story. Book includes QR codes that link to videos of the accusers’ NCIS interviews, trial audio, and text message threads highlighting the plot to take Chief Gallagher down.

"People always tell me, if our life was a movie, no one would believe it." (AG)

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Absolutely loved the book, it's great Eddie got to tell the truth. Rather than the version that the woke, left and liberal media tried to convey. The NCIS, his superiors in NSW and the minority of his platoon should hold their heads in shame.

What a book, uncovers the lies and deception.

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Well done eddie and team, shame on the top brass, trump played a good role, I have seen the documentary this clears a lot off things up and shame on the seals who even breathed a word to ncis

Salute you Eddie

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This is a fantastic story from a very brave and successful man. It’s great that the story is self-narrated. However, the overall production is littered with poor editing where sentences are repeated or minor narration mistakes have been left in the final edit.
It doesn’t take away from the story per-say, but is very irritating and could have easily been rectified.

Great story from the horse’s mouth, but some poor editing.

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This was an excellent book, I got through it very quickly as it was hard to put down. The treatment of Eddie was disgusting, this was a nightmare for him and his family. I highly recommend this book.

Shocking true story

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From across the pond UK. I’ve never served but read and listen to all war books and I think the UK and American are lucky to have people as dedicated to protecting us like this man. I’m sure he will be the first to admit he’s done a few things wrong over the years but who the fuck hasn’t. 20 years service and it’s disgusting how this was handled. Enjoy your retirement

Really enjoyed this book

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