Episode · The Shawn Ryan Show · 2022-09-26
Books mentioned on #36 Lt. Col. Scott Mann - Operation Pineapple Express
Retired Green Beret Lt. Col.
Scott Mann recommended Jawbreaker by Gary Berntsen and others, and discussed Bowling Alone by Robert D. Putnam. Shawn Ryan recommended Operation Pineapple Express by Scott Mann.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Jawbreaker
Jawbreaker by Gary Berntsen and Ralph Pezzullo is a gripping non-fiction account detailing the CIA's deployment of the secret Jawbreaker team into Afghanistan following the September 11 attacks.
Recommended“where the agency and if you ever read the book jawbreaker like you know for folks who listen to this like that that was the pilot team that paved the way for the Special Forces team that came in behind”
Where to get it
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Bowling Alone
Bowling Alone by Robert D.
Discussed“Robert Putnam in his book bowling alone he's a social scientist he talks about how in the early 1900s America was in these really dark times you know really dark times you had polarized politics”
Where to get it
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Operation Pineapple Express
Operation Pineapple Express by Scott Mann is a gripping account detailing the harrowing and chaotic efforts of a band of unconventional veterans who organized an underground rescue mission to evacuate Afghan allies following the United States withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Recommended“check out operation Pineapple Express book I'll link it in the description”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Operation Pineapple Express
“author of operation Pineapple Express New York Times bestseller”