The following maps and illustrations serve as a complement to episode 74 of Battlecast detailing the history of Chris Kyle – America’s greatest sniper and the Second Battle of Fallujah.



American Sniper: Chris Kyle – A Life in Photos























American Sniper: Chris Kyle References:
Chris Kyle: American Sniper by Alexis Burling
The life and legend of Chris Kyle: American sniper, Navy Seal by Michael Mooney
American Sniper by Chris Kyle and Scott McEwen et al.
American Sniper ou les contradictions de l’Amérique by Simon Desplanque. (2015). Défense et Sécurité Internationale. 117, pp. 66-71.
Bernstein, A. (2013, February 3). Chris Kyle, Navy Seal and author of ‘American Sniper,’ dies. The Washington Post.
Gibbons-Neff, T. (2016, July 9). After investigation, Navy lowers ‘American Sniper’ Chris Kyle’s medal count. The Washington Post.
Mediaite: New Report Claims That American Sniper Chris Kyle Embellished Own Military Award Record. (2016, May 25). Newstex.
McCoy, T. (2015, February 13). The tragedy of ‘American Sniper’ Chris Kyle’s widow. The Washington Post.
Mooney, M. (2013, April). The legend of Chris Kyle. D Magazine.
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message about killer opens proceedings. The Washington Post.
McCoy, T. (2014, July 30). The ‘unverifiable’ legacy of Chris Kyle, the deadliest sniper in American history. The Washington Post.
Department of the Navy (2016, January 25). Christopher Kyle official citations and awards.
Schmidle, N. (2013, June 3). In the crosshairs. The New Yorker.
Jesse Ventura vs. Taya Kyle. Civ. No. 12-472. (2014).
Canon, T. (2016). Man o’ War: Collisions of masculinity and militaristic patriotism in American Sniper (Publication number: 10124017) [Master’s thesis, University of Colorado].
Walter, J. (2017). Snipers at war: An equipment and operations history.
Rosenberg, A. (2015, April 28). What students protesting “American Sniper” get wrong about the movie. The Washington Post.
Chomsky, N., Crockford, K, & Summer, J. (2015). Townhall on Terror. The Baffler. 28, 66-82.
Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq by Thomas Ricks
House to house : an epic memoir of war by David Bellavia and John Bruning
The U.S. Army in the Iraq War – Volume 1: Invasion – Insurgency – Civil War, 2003-2006 by Jeanne Godfroy et al. Available here: https://digitalcommons.usmalibrary.org/books/16/
The U.S. Army in the Iraq War – Volume 2: Surge and Withdrawal, 2007-2011 by Jeanne Godfroy et al. Available here: https://digitalcommons.usmalibrary.org/books/15/
On Killing by Dave Grossman
Americans at War: Eyewitness accounts from the American Revolution to the 21st Century. Volume 3. Edited by James Arnold. ABC-CLIO. 2018.
Headstone placed at Chris Kyle gravesite. KVUE Staff. https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/headstone-placed-at-chris-kyle-gravesite/269-178453256
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