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Highlighted by the prisoner-of-war escapes that earned them the name “The Houdini Club,” here is the elite combat odyssey of World War II’s “Darby’s Rangers” as never told before—drawing on previously unknown sources and former Army Ranger Mir Bahmanyar’s exclusive, uncensored interviews with the greatest generation of Rangers themselves. This thrilling, personality-driven account of the first United States Army Ranger battalions follows an extraordinary band of American soldiers from their rugged Ranger training to their battles in North Africa, France, Sicily, and mainland Italy, and (for some) finally back to American shores. Drawing upon unprecedented historical research, military-service expertise, exclusive interviews, and personal correspondence with original Greatest Generation Army Rangers, The Houdini Club is an uncensored work of military history, encapsulating both the history and personal drama of World War II Special Forces warfare. From the abundant tales of glory to the tales of misery, fear, and murderous intent, the utter exhaustion and thrill of combat, and the devastating final battle that all but destroyed them, The Houdini Club puts readers on the ground alongside the Rangers who made victory in Europe possible, portraying in gritty detail the lives and acts of one of the American military’s greatest collection of men.

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“For those readers looking to become SEALs, I suggest you read this book cover to cover and then read it again…. For those readers just wanting to gain knowledge and an understanding about the SEALs and the SEAL community, there is no other book you need to read.”  -- Marcus Luttrell, U.S. Navy SEAL, and <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Lone Survivor  </i> “In the tradition of soldier classics like All Quiet on the Western Front, Nicholas Moore and his co-author Mir Bahmanyar unfold Moore’s raw war story of a decade of over 1,000 special operations missions and a dozen deployments into the war on terror in Iraq and Afghanistan. Run to the Sound of the Guns is the engrossing drama of Army Rangers—the training, the fighting, the brotherhood of young men in combat, of high adventure and darkest tragedy.”  -- Charles W. Sasser, U.S. Army Special Forces, Author, Association of the United States Army   ""Ugly, brutal, and straightforward. . . . ""   -- Matt Eversmann, Author of <i>Walk in My Combat Boots: True Stories from America’s Bravest Warriors with James Patterson</i>, and Editor of <i>The Battle of Mogadishu</i> “A riveting foxhole level view of more than a decade of modern war. . . . [A] candid, but mature, account that is as entertaining as it is informative.” -- General (Ret.) Stanley McChrystal

""A riveting foxhole level view of more than a decade of modern war. . . . [A] candid, but mature, account that is as entertaining as it is informative.""--General (Ret.) Stanley McChrystal ""In the tradition of soldier classics like All Quiet on the Western Front, Nicholas Moore and his co-author Mir Bahmanyar unfold Moore's raw war story of a decade of over 1,000 special operations missions and a dozen deployments into the war on terror in Iraq and Afghanistan. Run to the Sound of the Guns is the engrossing drama of Army Rangers--the training, the fighting, the brotherhood of young men in combat, of high adventure and darkest tragedy."" --Charles W. Sasser, U.S. Army Special Forces, Author, Association of the United States Army ""For those readers looking to become SEALs, I suggest you read this book cover to cover and then read it again.... For those readers just wanting to gain knowledge and an understanding about the SEALs and the SEAL community, there is no other book you need to read."" --Marcus Luttrell, U.S. Navy SEAL, and New York Times bestselling author of Lone Survivor ""Ugly, brutal, and straightforward. . . . "" --Matt Eversmann, Author of Walk in My Combat Boots: True Stories from America's Bravest Warriors with James Patterson, and Editor of The Battle of Mogadishu

"""A riveting foxhole level view of more than a decade of modern war. . . . [A] candid, but mature, account that is as entertaining as it is informative.""--General (Ret.) Stanley McChrystal ""For those readers looking to become SEALs, I suggest you read this book cover to cover and then read it again.... For those readers just wanting to gain knowledge and an understanding about the SEALs and the SEAL community, there is no other book you need to read."" --Marcus Luttrell, U.S. Navy SEAL, and New York Times bestselling author of Lone Survivor ""In the tradition of soldier classics like All Quiet on the Western Front, Nicholas Moore and his co-author Mir Bahmanyar unfold Moore's raw war story of a decade of over 1,000 special operations missions and a dozen deployments into the war on terror in Iraq and Afghanistan.Run to the Sound of the Guns is the engrossing drama of Army Rangers--the training, the fighting, the brotherhood of young men in combat, of high adventure and darkest tragedy."" --Charles W. Sasser, U.S. Army Special Forces, Author, Association of the United States Army ""Ugly, brutal, and straightforward. . . . "" --Matt Eversmann, Author of Walk in My Combat Boots: True Stories from America's Bravest Warriors with James Patterson, and Editor of The Battle of Mogadishu"

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Mir Bahmanyar earned a BA in History from UC Berkeley, enlisted in the Second Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, and attained an MA in War Studies from King’s College London. He served on the Board of Directors for the 75th Ranger Regiment Association and was an Associate Historian of the World War Two Ranger Battalions Association. He has been a military technical advisor on such films as The Good German, Black Hawk Down, and We Were Soldiers; a German language coach; and a producer and writer in Hollywood. He co-wrote and produced the award-winning independent historical film Soldier of God and has authored numerous books and articles from ancient history to modern war, which have been translated into Arabic, German, Japanese, Polish, and Spanish, and have featured on several US Army reading lists. Holding dual US and Canadian citizenship, he lives in Toronto.

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