On the Hunt: How to Wake Up Washington and Win the War on Terror

by David Hunt

Book Overview

The New York Times bestselling author of They Just Don't Get It exposes the errors our leaders continue to make in the war on terror, suggesting specific ways we can win the war, defeat the enemy, and still protect our liberty at home.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307347591
• ISBN13: 9780307347596
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Crown Forum
• Length: 259 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

A lesson in character this nation sorely needs

When one reads the news, and listens to the expert opinions of "talking heads" on TV, it's all too easy to believe that the free world is facing complex problems that allow for no reasonable or successful solutions. The messages we receive include the following: we face 1.3 billion Muslims who blame us for all the ills of the world, and we should understand that it's their world and not ours; nobody in Europe or Britain loves us any more, so we must be terribly wrong; every time we try and react, we only make things worse; we had our run, and now it's time for us to step aside; western civilization is obsolete and on the way out. Reading Colonel David Hunt's "On the Hunt" tells us: No, we're still in the game; and now's the time for us to kick some butt, make no excuses, offer no explanations, come back home a victor, and marry the prom queen. My experience, as just one reader, is that I sleep better when I read Hunt right at bedtime. It makes me feel safe knowing that somebody, somewhere, understands it the way he does. If I become discouraged by current events and find myself starting to whimp out and despair, a couple of pages of Hunt gets me back on track. You may have exactly the opposite reaction, and, if that's the case, I'd suggest you leave it alone because "On The Hunt" is pretty potent stuff, and not everyone can handle it. Maybe the most reassuring part of "On The Hunt" is the author's attitude: David Hunt simply was not born to die as an enemy collaborator. His prose is personal, conversational, and expressive, and communicates his attitude and feelings as well as his ideas. When "his time comes" I suspect he'll go out a warrior, having never surrendered or submitted. That's a character lesson this country sorely needs. If we heed Hunt's advice and follow his example, and he is wrong, at least we won't go down whimpering, soiling our drawers, and apologizing.

The way it should have been

Just finished reading the book and it was a great read and told what should have been done during the Iraq War. It again proves to me that peacetime can be a badtime for the military in that many individuals rise up to leadership positions that are unqualified in the time of war.

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David Hunt tells it like it is !!! D.C. should listen, great reading!!

Hunt is a stright-shooter on the war on terror!

No political correctness here. Too straight-forward and honest for the politicians to appreciate and heed! A must read for those who want success in the war against terror! Hunt's recipe gives elected officials little wiggle room for hand-wringing and Mia Culpas.

Real Stuff for a Real World

Finally a book that doesn't pull any punches. Colonel Hunt proves that winning the "War on Terror" doesn't require a whole lot of sophistication - just a willingness and conviction to do what is necessary. Unfortunately, by clearly offering a blueprint for action as a back-drop, the reader realizes that America no longer has the courage to act with ferocity. From politicians down to battlefield leadership, our commanders are no longer concerned about protecting our interests, they only seek to cover their own posteriors and advance personal agendas. The book has an underlying sense of dread or perhaps resignation, and this reader believes that Hunt has accepted our fate and is writing not as a clarion call for action, but more in the way of an autopsy. I personnaly believe that what he says is true - America has softened, prepared to sing Kumbaya with our enemies - even as they destroy our culture and threaten our very survival. Political correctness and the desire to appease will not make us better, it will make us dead. Hunt points this out like no other author. But then again, he is an Amercan warrior, a rare commodity. Read this. The book is simply written and can be carefully digested in a night or two. It will make you stop and think. It will make you reminisce about the your grandfather's America. An America that truly believed our country was worth defending.