书名：American Sniper  美国狙击手

作者：Chris Kyle

出版社名称：Harper 

出版时间：2014

语种：英文

ISBN：9780062376572

商品尺寸：10.1 x2.8x 19 cm

包装：简装

页数：466 （以实物为准）

你了解美军海豹突击队吗？ 你知道海豹突击队里的狙击手都有什么样的心理特征吗？ 你知道狙击手在扣动扳机的瞬间，到底在想什么吗？ 克里斯•凯尔，用自己的亲身经历对上述问题给出了答案。推荐理由：1.美国著名狙击手克里斯·凯尔自传，讲述这位海豹突击队神枪手的传奇故事； 2.一经出版，火速占领《纽约时报》、《出版人周刊》《今日美国》的畅销书排行榜榜首； 3.作品改编的同名电影《美国狙击手》于2015年1月16日在美国公映，刷新票房纪录； 4.电影《美国狙击手》入围第87届奥斯卡金像奖6项提名，并成为六大奖项的有力角逐者； 5.书中附有作者成长生活照若干，为我们讲述“美国神枪手”背后的故事； 6.轻型环保纸印刷，小巧轻便，方便随身携带阅读。 American Sniper is a memoir by United States Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, written with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice. With 255 kills, 160 of them officially confirmed by the Pentagon, Kyle is the deadliest marksman in U.S. military history. The book was published by William Morrow and Company on January 2, 2012, and appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list for 37 weeks. The memoir has sold over 1.2 million copies across all formats (hardcover, paper, and ebook), including 700,000 copies in 2015 alone, making it one of the best-selling books of 2015. It landed atop all the major best-seller lists including the aforementionedThe New York Times, andPublishers Weekly,USA Today and No. 2 onAmazon. Its film adaptation directed by Clint Eastwood and featuring Bradley Cooper as Kyle was released in 2014.

凯尔是美军海豹突击队三分队的一名狙击手，他在伊拉克战争中刷新了美军单兵狙杀纪录，还创下了在2100码（1920米）外射杀敌人的纪录，被美国国防部正式确认为美军狙击手。在American Sniper《美国狙击手》中，作者详细讲述了美军海豹突击队内部的运作方式、训练方式和作战特征，真实地描绘了惊心动魄的战争以及狙击手的心理。它是美军狙击手的故事，是自传，也是传奇；是回忆，也是反思。 From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United States military history. His fellow American warriors, whom he protected with deadly accuracy from rooftops and stealth positions during the Iraqi War, called him “The Legend”; meanwhile, the enemy feared him so much they placed a bounty on his head. Gripping and unforgettable, Kyle’s masterful account of his extraordinary battlefield experiences ranks as one of the great war memoirs of all time.

克里斯•凯尔，原美国海军海豹突击队的军士长，先后三度获颁银星英勇勋章及五度获颁铜星英勇勋章。在伊拉克服役的10年间，他刷新了美军单兵狙杀纪录，被美国国防部正式确认为美军第1狙击手。 SEAL Team 3 Chief Chris Kyle (1974–2013) was awarded two Silver Stars, five Bronze Stars with Valor, and numerous other citations. Following four combat tours in Iraq, he became chief instructor for training Naval Special Warfare sniper teams. 

   Author’s Note作者注解    Map of Iraq伊拉克地图    Prologue: Evil in the Crosshairs序：克罗斯的魔鬼 1. Butstin’ Broncs and Other Ways of Having Fun 原本只想做个快乐的牛仔 2. Jackhammered成为海豹突击队员 3. Takedowns搜查一切可疑船只 4. Five Minutes to Live生死五分钟 5. Sniper成为狙击手 6. Dealing Death武装分子的反击 7. Down in the Shit陷入困境 8. Family Conflicts家庭冲突 9. The Punishers正义使者 10. The Devil of Ramadi拉马迪魔鬼 11. Man Down队友不幸牺牲 12. Hard Times艰难时刻 13. Mortality生死一线 14. Home and Out归家，退伍    Acknowledgements致谢

Every story has a beginning. Mine starts in north-central Texas. I grew up in small towns where I learned the importance of family and traditional values, like patriotism, self-reliance, and watching out for your family and neighbors. I’m proud to say that I still try to live my life according to those values. I have a strong sense of justice. It’s pretty much black-and-white. I don’t see too much gray. I think it’s important to protect others. I don’t mind hard work. At the same time, I like to have fun. Life’s too short not to. I was raised with, and still believe in, the Christian faith. If I had to order my priorities, they would be God, Country, Family. There might be some debate on where those last two fall—these days I’ve come around to believing that Family may, under some circumstances, outrank Country. But it’s a close race.