Unfit for Command

Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry

By: John O'Neill, Jerome R. Corsi Ph.D.

Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach

Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins

Publisher's summary

In their new book, Unfit for Command, John O'Neill and co-author Jerome Corsi bring together the words of more than 200 Navy veterans who served with Kerry and who feel it their duty to tell why John Kerry is unworthy of the presidency.

In 1971, John O'Neill, the officer who took over John Kerry's swift boat in Vietnam, returned home from Vietnam only to realize that the man he served with, John Kerry, had become a leader of the radical group Vietnam Veterans Against the War and was slandering his fellow veterans as war criminals. O'Neill debated John Kerry on The Dick Cavett Show in 1971, successfully demolishing Kerry's accusations against his fellow troops in Vietnam. Unfit for Command reveals a John Kerry you don't know, the true John Kerry whom his political image makers are trying to hide. But the veterans who served with him know better, and, in Unfit for Command, they tell their story.

©2004 John E. O'Neill and Jerome R. Corsi, Ph.D. (P)2004 Blackstone Audiobooks

Superb

The name speaks for itself. This book only solidifies the fact, Kerry is unfit for command.

A Great book about a not-so-great American

This book should have been required reading for all voters before the 2004 election. I didn't favor Mr. Kerry before listening to this book and my feelings were confirmed after this book. If you like Kerry, then you won't like this book.

Well documented

Well written with factual documentation, based on other reviews I had read/heard, I wasn't expecting such in depth documentation. Regardless of beliefs, I believe it is something to read to get a different view of a potential presidential candidate.

Listen to this book FOR YOURSELF and then decide

After reading the negative reviews on Audible for "Unfit for Command," it's obvious that those who give the book one star are doing it for political reasons. That is fine. If one is going to vote for Kerry, one is inevitably going to hate the book.

Listen to the book for yourself and then decide whether O'Neill is credible or not.

I found the book very interesting and very credible. I listened to it in no time flat. Well, ok, 6 hours. :-)

I am a Republican and I see the lies in this book!

You have to be a complete shnook to believe this book. There are educated, monied Republicans and there are blue collar, uneducated REpublicans. This book seeks to influence the morons among us. In conjunction with FOX news, this book may convince the hillbillies but I think it does injustice to the REpublican cause. I support Bush but the fact is that he dodged service while Kerry served. There are many more soldiers who back up Kerry's record than the few neo-Cons behind this book. I vote Republican b/c that is what our country needs but let's face it, "W" dodged the war and he and his folks are trying to spread lies to divert us from that truth. Get real and read a real book.

The american culture on display

I am a non american rewiewing this book.

This is the american political culture on display:

Republicans will love this book.
Democrats hate it.

You know, in Europe we have a different political culture: Respect your political opponant.

This book is trash written with one purpose only. Hopefully we will not see anymore books from the authors.

A very small swift boat it must be...

that all 200+ so called swift boat veterans fit into it with John Kerry and witnessed everything. Just as biased as some of the books on the left, but much more insidious and truth-stretching then any of them. One must take a long hot shower after this one!

Remember who wrote this book...........

Okay, folks, when reading (or listening to) this book, there is one basic fact to remember. John O'Neill has a decades old feud with John Kerry, dating back to when Pres. Nixon recruited Mr. O'Neill to form a group opposing VVAW (Vietnam Veterans Against the War). Kerry and O'Neill have a fundamental difference in outlook that boils down to this: O'Neill believed then, and believes now, that protesting the Vietnam war was unpatriotic, damaging to our soldiers and that the protesters were a big reason we lost the war. His entire criticism and hatred of John Kerry flows from this belief. The outlandish stories about faked wounds and an undeserved silver star are just to give more traction to his real beef - the anti-war activities of Vietnam Veterans Against the War and John Kerry. I know that there are those out there who STILL believe as John O'Neill does, that the VVAW and John Kerry's post war activities were unpatriotic. If you believe these things, you'll probably love the book and be happy to vilify Kerry. But be honest: admit that you hate him for protesting the war; don't try to denigrate his military service.

The right book at the right time

A well written and to the point narrative. Sometimes one has to put politics aside and call a spade a spade. This book flows and does not spare any punches. Any left leaning person who objectively reads this book will have the worst case of candidate buyer's remorse ever recorded in US history. I believe every word of this book because I knew people just like Kerry in the military. They were a cancer on morale and horrible leaders.

If there are lies or inconsistancies in the book, I want to know about them but this has caused my Kerry BS detector to wild. What true war hero brags about their war exploits, except someone who exaggerates?

Hatchet Job

This author is uninterested and unencumbered by the truth. It is common knowledge that US soldiers committed numerous atrocities in Vietman. This fact mich have been controversial in the 1970's but it is not today. This is a perfect example of character assasination. This book is about as fair and balanced as Fox News. It doesn't even make interesting fiction. The allegations against Kerry are false. Richard Nixon was being embarassed by Kerry's statements and he dug up O'Neil to discredit Kerry's statements. The men who now oppose Kerry didn't serve with him and did not witness the events.