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Michael Yon

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January 01, 1964 in The United States

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Michael Yon is an independent reporter, columnist, author and blogger. He is a veteran of the United States Army Special Forces, during 1980s.
He has been a general freelance writer since the mid-1990s. In 2000, Yon published his first book, Danger Close, an autobiography of his life from youth into adulthood.
Following the invasion of Iraq in 2003, he focused on military writing. Yon has embedded multiple times with American and British troops in Iraq, most prominently a deployment with the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment (Deuce Four) of the 25th Infantry Division in Mosul, Iraq that ended in September 2005.
Yon covered his time in Iraq in his second book, Moment of Truth in Iraq, published in April 2008.
In 2008, Yon relocated to Afgha...more

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Rule of Law

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13 July 2011
Kandahar, Afghanistan

Most Afghans hate warlords. Most Afghans hate the Taliban. When the warlords ruled Afghanistan it was lawless, and so many people welcomed the Taliban who beat back the warlords and installed crude justice. Soon, the Taliban, staggered by their new power, became the new pariah.

After 9/11 the Taliban were beaten back. This left another justice-va...

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Books by Michael Yon

Average rating: 4.09 · 158 ratings · 58 reviews · 3 distinct works

	Moment of Truth in Iraq 4.21 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Danger Close 3.71 avg rating — 21 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	Iraq: Inside the Inferno, 2005-2008 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011	My rating:
	Deuce Four 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating: