Episode · The Rubin Report · 2022-05-22
Books mentioned on Behind the Scenes of US Military's Decline & Navy SEALs | Jack Carr Interview
Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" talks to best-selling author Jack Carr about the hardest aspects of being a Navy SEAL, what he learned about Hollywood filming "The Terminal List," and the decline of U.S.
Jack Carr recommended The Afghanistan Papers by Craig Whitlock and The Accidental Superpower by Mr. Peter Zeihan, and discussed A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway and The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy. Dave Rubin recommended In the Blood by Jack Carr.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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A Moveable Feast
A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway is a classic posthumously published memoir that captures the author's impoverished yet artistically vibrant years as a young expatriate writer in 1920s Paris.
Discussed“You wrote "A Moveable Feast" on this. It went up for auction, which a bunch of other Hemingway stuff in January, early February of 2020”
Where to get it
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The Hunt for Red October
The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy is a classic techno-thriller novel centered around a rogue Soviet submarine commander and Cold War military strategy.
Discussed“I also started reading the books that my parents were reading in about fifth grade, so that's when Tom Clancy's "Hunt for Red October" comes out, and I'm reading David Morrell and Nelson DeMille and A.J. Quinnell and J.C. Pollock and Marc Olden”
Where to get it
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The Afghanistan Papers
The Afghanistan Papers by Craig Whitlock is a deeply researched investigative book that exposes the institutional failures, deceptions, and lack of accountability surrounding the twenty-year war in Afghanistan through classified interviews and Freedom of Information Act lawsuits.
Recommended“and then "The Afghanistan Papers" was published, and I hope more people read "The Afghanistan Papers" by Craig Whitlock because what he does is takes these interviews that these senior-level leaders thought were gonna remain classified”
Where to get it
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The Accidental Superpower
The Accidental Superpower by Mr.
Recommended“There's actually a book called "The Accidental Superpower" while Peter Zeihan looks at geography and demographics as far as world history and superpowers and how that has has played in”
Where to get it
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In the Blood
In the Blood by Jack Carr is a high-octane thriller following the continuing exploits of former Navy SEAL James Reece.
Recommended“The book is "In the Blood." I'm telling you guys, this cover, it's just, and it feels like a freaking book.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“- I'm Dave Rubin, and joining me today is a Navy SEAL sniper, and number-one "New York Times" bestselling author and now author of the brand-new book "In the Blood," Jack Carr.”
“and then, on this one, on "In the Blood," deep down the rabbit hole on quantum computing, artificial intelligence and mass data surveillance and data storage of U.S. citizens”
“In my second novel, "True Believer," I actually use a false flag operation that came out in 2019, but I use a false flag operation to instigate a Russian invasion of Ukraine”