The Man in the Arena
From Fighting ISIS to Fighting for My Freedom
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Narrated by:
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Eddie Gallagher
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Andrea Gallagher
About this listen
On September 11, 2018, Navy SEAL Chief Edward Gallagher - a highly-decorated combat veteran with nine deployments to war zones in Africa, Afghanistan, and Iraq - was arrested for war crimes at the TBI medical clinic where he was receiving treatment. His incarceration was the culmination of a year-long whisper campaign started by a group of disgruntled members of his SEAL platoon after a successful deployment fighting ISIS in Mosul, Iraq. At the end of that deployment, Chief Gallagher was named the number-one chief at SEAL Team 7, put in for a Silver Star for valor on the battlefield, and listed for promotion to Senior Chief. The junior members whom Chief Gallagher had called out for cowardice and ineptitude in combat decided they couldn't let any of those things stand and escalated minor complaints into false accusations of stabbing a captured ISIS fighter and shooting noncombatants that gained international attention.
Despite a corrupt investigation and a deceitful prosecutor who would be removed from the case for spying on defense attorneys, Chief Gallagher was found innocent on all major charges, and freed from prison. But only after his family was put through hell, and President Trump intervened to allow Chief Gallagher a fair trial in a military justice system designed to break and persecute our country's warfighters.
While heavily covered in the media, the full story of how a war hero was railroaded and nearly sent to prison for life for crimes he didn't commit has never been told. Chief Gallagher did not testify at his trial and has spoken in little detail about how this travesty came about. Until now. A shocking, raw, tell-all expose that pulls no punches, and identifies each and every bad actor in this surreal story. Book includes QR codes that link to videos of the accusers’ NCIS interviews, trial audio, and text message threads highlighting the plot to take Chief Gallagher down.
"People always tell me, if our life was a movie, no one would believe it." (AG)
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2021 Andy Symonds (P)2021 Ballast BooksWhat listeners say about The Man in the Arena
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- Graham Poole
- 10-09-2021
Fast Eddie!
I listened to Ed’s story twice and absolutely loved it! This is a great book, written and read by Eddie with chapters also read by his family, friends and his lawyers. This is one of the best books that I have listened to and highly recommended it to all readers! You won’t be disappointed!
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- Dale Clark
- 06-09-2023
Gripping
I couldn’t stop listening, I can’t believe how corrupt an organisation can turn against one of their own true hero’s.
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- Anonymous User
- 15-01-2023
Fantastic listening
What can I say, what a great listen, new perspective and appreciation for this man, his family and his service, enjoyable to listen to other than the fact I wish this book did not exist and it shouldn’t exist as what happened to him should not have taken place!
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- Anonymous User
- 13-09-2021
wow! Absolutely incredible listen.
More people need to hear this story.
Good on you for getting the truth out there!
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- Anonymous User
- 13-11-2021
what happened to our character
the story of Eddie reminds me of the disintegration of the character of humanity throughout the western world. thank God the truth prevailed.
great read, loved the story
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- Anonymous User
- 09-06-2022
this is both inspirational and tragic
an amazing story of family, of strength and commitment to the truth. innocence is not just a word. this audiobook shows that.
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