James Hatch. (2018). Touching the Dragon: And Other Techniques for Surviving Life's Wars. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.

James Hatch. 2018. Touching the Dragon: And Other Techniques for Surviving Life's Wars. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.

James Hatch, Touching the Dragon: And Other Techniques for Surviving Life's Wars. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2018.

James Hatch. Touching the Dragon: And Other Techniques for Surviving Life's Wars. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2018.

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“Jimmy Hatch is a personal hero of mine.”
—Anderson Cooper

“Irresistible. . . . A wounded SEAL’s shame becomes a salvation.” 
—J. Ford Huffman, Military Times
James Hatch is a former special ops Navy SEAL senior chief, master naval parachutist, and expert military dog trainer and handler. On his fateful final mission in Afghanistan, his SEAL team was sent to recover Bowe Bergdahl—the soldier who deserted his post and fell into the hands of Al-Qaida and the Taliban. The mission went south, and Hatch was left with a shattered femur from an AK-47 round and the SEAL dog who fought alongside him was dead. As a result of his horrific leg wound, his twenty-four-year military career came to an end—and with it the only life he’d ever known. 
   In Touching the Dragon, we witness his long road to recovery. Getting well physically required eighteen surgeries, twelve months of recovery, and learning to walk again. But getting well mentally would prove to be much tougher, as he fought through the depths of despair, alcoholism, and the pull to end his own life. What emerges is a different kind of hero’s journey, one in which Hatch shows the courage it takes to confess, confront, and overcome his own brokenness. Through the love of family, friends, and his military dogs, Hatch learned remarkable tools and found his purpose, and now he wants to share this wisdom with the rest of us because we all have wounds.

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     First salute to James Hatch's Touching the Dragon

     "Jimmy Hatch is heroic, not just for what he has done on the battlefield, but for breaking the silence surrounding the battles many service members face when they return home. He is a warrior who read Neruda and Epictetus by chemlite on blacked out helicopters on his way back from secret nighttime missions in faraway lands. He is a writer whose descriptions of the 'clean, shining edges of time' he experienced on the battlefield haunt me. He is a survivor and though some of his wounds are visible, his deepest wounds, and his greatest strengths, are only revealed in the pages of Touching the Dragon. There are plenty of books full of daring wartime exploits, but I haven't come across any book that reveals with such honesty and openness, the 'second war' that Jimmy and other special operators must fight when they come back to a society that seems so alien to them, a society completely divorced from the...

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     Hatch spent nearly 25 years in the military, mostly with the Naval Special Warfare Development Group, or SEAL Team Six. This work, coauthored with documentary filmmaker and writer D'Andrea, begins with Hatch describing a horrific injury in Afghanistan and the immediate aftermath as his comrades saved his life. While in Iraq and Afghanistan, Hatch learned to appreciate the dedication of his unit's canines. Note that several of the author's most memorable stories involve the death of dogs in combat. Later, Hatch had to deal with his guilt, pain, and the emotional damage from years of fighting. He refers to cognitive behavioral therapy as "Touching the Dragon"; a reminder that he would not get burned by reliving the brutal memories. Using that tool and others has helped him heal, and he's since created a nonprofit benefiting combat animals in the name of his dog, Spike. VERDICT In the vein of many recent memoirs about survival after combat, such as Matt Young's Eat the Apple and Thomas J. Brennan and Finbarr O'Reilly's Shooting Ghosts, this important account will touch readers and likely help other veterans learn how to live after war.--Jason L. Steagall, Gateway Technical Coll. Lib., Elkhorn, WI

     Copyright 2018 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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