Eagle Down: The Last Special Forces Fighting the Forever War with Jessica Donati, Ep. 94

The Team House

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History, Documentary, Society & Culture, Government

4.7 • 929 Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2021

⏱️ 125 minutes

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War correspondent Jessica Donati embedded with Afghan commando units and began coming into contact with U.S. Special Forces. She ended up writing Eagle Down: The Last Special Forces Fighting the Forever War which details how backwards policies out of Washington D.C. left Green Berets in Afghanistan high and dry, and often fighting for their lives only to be punished for surviving. Get access to bonus segments with our guests: https://www.patreon.com/m/TheTeamHouse Team House merch: https://teespring.com/stores/my-store-10474963 Team House Discord: https://discord.gg/wHFHYM6 SubReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheTeamHouse/ Jack Murphy's memoir "Murphy's Law" can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/Murphys-Law-Journey-Investigative-Journalist/dp/1501191241 The Team Room Reading Room (Amazon Affiliate links): https://jackmurphywrites.com/the-team-room-reading-room/ Intro music by https://www.youtube.com/user/RemixSample

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1:07.0	Hey folks, this is the Team House.
1:12.0	I'm Jack Murphy here with co-host Dave Park.
1:14.8	We're live here on, what is this, episode 94.
1:17.9	Our guest today is Jessica Donati. She's the author of Eagle Down.
1:22.4	She is also a correspondent with the Wall Street Journal,
1:25.6	currently covering the State Department.
1:28.1	And this book is all about her reporting
1:31.4	that she did from Afghanistan, sort of in the tail end of the war
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