To Die With Such Men, Shannon Monaghan
To Die With Such Men, Shannon Monaghan
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To Die With Such Men
Frontline Stories from Ukraine's International Legion

Author: Shannon Monaghan

Narrator: Danielle Rayne

Unabridged: 12 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/27/2025


Synopsis

This book is Black Hawk Down meets Enemy at the Gates meets Band of Brothers, and it's all true. It's about what happens when Western politicians carelessly assume we're living the "end of history"—until the Great Game comes back, uglier and more callous than ever. It's about men who tried to fix those mistakes, at the risk—sometimes loss—of their lives.

Shannon Monaghan follows a core group of Western volunteers in Ukraine, fighting together from the early battle for Kyiv through to the last stands at Severodonetsk and Bakhmut. They arrived alone, but became a family—back when nobody bothered to learn names, because they all expected to die.

These men knew they'd be fighting without the NATO support they were used to. They knew the danger they faced, and how they might be criticized for fighting someone else's war. But they also knew it was the right thing to do. This is their story.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mike on April 30, 2025

This book is hands down the best book that I have read this year. It follows the real-life exploits of a group of soldiers from the International Legion fighting the Russians in the Ukraine. Shannon Monaghan is also the author of A Quiet Company of Dangerous Men. The author had direct access to memb......more

Goodreads review by Rob on April 08, 2025

This is a book about a group of largely Western volunteers in Ukraine. It's mainly a detailed description of various operations, rather than exploring motivations for fighting for another country (although you can glean a bit from their back stories). It's far from describing glorious operations wit......more

Goodreads review by Katelyn on October 30, 2024

Historian Shannon Monaghan follows a group of western volunteers, experienced soldiers who travelled to Ukraine to fight in the International Legion. She imbeds the reader into their units, following them blow-by-blow through their missions, giving the reader an insider's look into their experiences......more