War Dogs: The True Story of How Three Stoners from Miami Beach Became the Most Unlikely Gunrunners in History

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Judge Lenard gazed at Diveroli for a long time. “If it wasn’t so amazing, you would laugh,” she said. Then she sentenced him to four years. But there was a catch, the kind of perversity common in the world of arms dealing: Rosoboron had been banned by the State Department for selling nuclear equipment to Iran. The U.S. government wanted Russian ammo, just not from the Russians. AEY couldn’t do business with the firm — at least, not legally. But for gun runners, this kind of legal hurdle was just that — a hurdle to be jumped. Plot 'Looseness'. I think the issue is that the author tried to do too much and ended up with a mess. I think the book would work better with a tighter focus and some of the repetition removed.

They were a highly advanced, interstellar species who brought amazingly useful and sophisticated technology to the human race. There was, of course, a catch. The Gurus warned of a far more malevolent life form, beings who have hounded the Gurus from sun to sun, planet to planet, across the cosmos. Pundits have taken to calling them the Antagonists – or Antags – and they have already established a beachhead on Mars. In exchange for all they’ve done for us, the Gurus would now like our help. Basically, this is a story about the memory of what happened to a Skyrine (Sky Marine) on his last mission on Mars. That's about the best response I can muster for this book. It's billed as an "epic tale of war", but I certainly didn't notice anything "epic" about it. And the war? What war? Seriously, there's more talking about the war than any actual combat, and the combat that is here is minimalistic at best. I get it...this is a thinking man's Sci-Fi tale. It just should have been labeled as such to avoid up-front confusion. And while there isn't quite as much groundbreaking stuff as his early stuff, it IS full of tech and is great at exploring all its uses. Terminology is hardcore, as is the stiff-upper-lip, but it's the claustrophobia that really made the novel shine. Single viewpoint, never knowing what's going on, and so much hostility everywhere. :) Vishnevetsky, Ignatiy (Aug 18, 2016). "The gun-running true story War Dogs is all bark, no bite". The A.V. Club . Retrieved 18 August 2016.Diveroli described his contrition to Judge Lenard. When prison guards saw his file, he said, they asked in amazement how such a young person had managed to win such a huge military contract. “I have no answer,” Diveroli told the court. “I have had many experiences in my short life. I have done more than most people can dream of. But I would have done it differently. All the notoriety in my industry and all the good times — and there were some — cannot make up for the damage.” Things become more complicated when Venn and his combat troop are rescued by a female Musky named Teal, referred (rather demeaningly) to as ’a ranch wife’. When they are taken to a secret underground lair by Teal, they then find themselves being hunted by a platoon of the Antags, none of whom seem to wish them well. The description of this book that I read described it as a tale of space marines. That is true, but it is more than that. It really is a heavy dose of science fiction. It is almost a cross between Hebert’s Dune and Weir’s The Martian.

Starts off with a very believable shortage-of-air situation, although one questions whether an elite fighting force would really send its people out so strongly depending on their separate gear for life. It's like giving a scuba diver a five-minute tank and assuring him that another is waiting at the bottom. The guard dog was incorruptible; the police dog dependable; the messenger dog reliable. The human watchman might be bought; not so the dog. The soldier sentinel might fall asleep; never the dog. The battlefield runner might fail...but the dog, to his last breath would follow the line of duty. Approximately 30 years before the beginning of the novel, a small group of alien refugees (later termed the " Gurus") landed on Earth and soon made themselves indispensable with their contributions to human technology and scientific understanding. In exchange, they "requested" Earth's help in repelling the hostile invaders (termed the "antagonists" or simply "Antags" or "Ants") who had chased the Gurus from their own star system, and were already establishing a beachhead on Mars. The narrator of the novel is Master Sergeant Michael Venn of the multi-national force of "Skyrines" (spaceborne Marines) sent to Mars. The Stoner Arms Dealers: How Two American Kids Became Big-Time Weapons Traders". Rolling Stone. March 16, 2011. Archived from the original on January 17, 2018 . Retrieved July 8, 2016. But the writing had this immense effect of entertaining me thoroughly (can't believe I read this book in just one day!) and evoking the feel of being right there with Venn, seeing all this weirdness, experiencing the mounting confusion that, ultimately, makes you want to read the other books. Thus, since I believe many of the "weird" stuff was done on purpose, I'm rounding up from 3.5 stars.The Truth Behind the Movie "War Dogs" ". November 19, 2019. Archived from the original on March 1, 2020 . Retrieved December 9, 2019– via Youtube. Just as they are about to asphyxiate, they are rescued by Teal, a runaway from a settlement of " Muskies", the leftovers of Earth's earlier, ambitious attempts to establish colonies on Mars. Shammas, Brittany (2018-01-05). "War Dogs Smuggler Efraim Diveroli Sues Memoir Co-Author". Miami New Times. Archived from the original on 2019-12-09 . Retrieved 2019-12-09.