13 Hours: (The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi) by Mitchell Zuckoff | Summary & Analysis

This is a Summary & Analysis of 13 Hours. The Annex Security Team and Mitchell Zuckoff’s 13 Hours, present a gripping narrative derived largely from first-person testimonies. An engaging read, it offers some insight into the changing nature of warfare and the problems faced by those who seek to protect American interests abroad.

The Annex Security Team and Mitchell Zuckoff’s 2014 narrative, depicts in detail the events leading up to the 11-12 September 2012 attack on United States diplomatic endeavors in the area, as well as those of the attacks themselves. Narrative attention focuses on seven members of the security forces assigned to the area, former military private contractors whose desire to protect the United States’ ambassador and his staff leads them to fight and, in two cases, to die in defense of their charges. It offers its readers a detailed and compelling view of events that have occasioned no small degree of commentary from politicians and journalists, as well as from members of the public responding to them. While it cannot be the sole authoritative treatment of the matter it is nonetheless revelatory of several things.

This companion to 13 Hours includes the following:
• Book Review
• Story Setting Analysis
• Story elements you may have missed as we decipher the novel
• Summary of the text, with some analytical comments interspersed
• Thought Provoking /or Discussion Questions for both Readers & Book Clubs
• Discussion & Analysis of Themes, Symbols…
• And Much More!

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