13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi by Mitchell Zuckoff... Summarized
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J. J. Holt served in the USAF from 2000 - 2004. He served 2 tours, Pakistan in 2002 and Saudi Arabia in 2003. After serving in the USAF, he became a Nurse. J.J. Holt's first published works were published online and read by over 1 million people.
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13 Hours:
The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi
by Mitchell Zuckoff... Summarized
By J.J. Holt
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Contents
Chapter 1 Summary / Benghazi
Chapter 2 Summary / The Annex
Chapter 3 Summary / The Ambassador
Chapter 4 Summary / September 11, 2012
Chapter 5 Summary / Overrun
Chapter 6 Summary / Gunfighter Road
Chapter 7 Summary / Man Down
Chapter 8 Summary / Counterattack
Chapter 9 Summary / Zombieland
Chapter 10 Summary / Hard Target
Chapter 11 Summary / Incoming
Chapter 12 Summary / Mortars!
Chapter 13 Summary / Convoy
Chapter 1 Summary / Benghazi
In the prologue and first chapter of 13 Hours,
author Mitchell Zuckoff starts by taking readers back to a much earlier attack on the US outpost in Benghazi – the one that took place in 1967, right after the start of the Six Day War between Israel and Egypt.
The building was overrun, and after a rescue attempt was discussed, a British armored column broke through and rescued the ten Americans who were being held hostage.
Fast forward nearly fifty years, and the current narrative begins by describing the experience of Jack Silva, the head of a secret US government organization called the Global Response Staff (GRS) that was created after 9/11 to help protect and provide security for US interests abroad.
It chronicles his arrival in Libya in 2012, starting with a description of Benghazi, which is described as a lawless city, and the US compound where Silva would be charged with the task of keeping Americans safe.
After that Zuckoff presents a brief description of Libya, including its geography, population (97 percent of which is