{"product_id":"book-ii4q","title":"Hard Truths","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis program is read by the author.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCongressman and retired Green Beret Mike Waltz shares how the mindset he honed in military service can help anyone—in \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003epolitics, in business or in life—conquer everyday challenges.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUp in the mountains of Afghanistan, one of Mike Waltz's snipers watched through his scope as a young boy acted as a spotter for the Taliban mortars attacking a Green Beret position. The sniper requested permission to fire. Waltz refused, insisting on restraint. The child was spared, and the position was held. Later that same day, Waltz visited a nearby Afghan village and discovered the Taliban had hanged a boy in front of his family—because the child wasn't willing to fight for them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRestraint is a trait common to Green Berets, but rare on the battlefield—and even rarer in today's national political discourse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow, Mike Waltz is a retired Colonel and a U.S. Representative from Florida, the first Green Beret ever to be elected to Congress. After twenty-seven years in the Army, nearly all of them in the elite Special Forces where he fought America's enemies around the world, he has developed a perspective distinct from most—probably all—of his colleagues in politics today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49279235359024,"sku":"BDii4q","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/569442-ii4q-Square.jpg?v=1732436101","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-ii4q","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}