Osama bin Laden's death catapulted the name of Navy SEALs. Mass media in the U.S., using anonymous sources in the intelligence community and military, believed that the elite Navy unit whose role was to kill leaders of al-Qaeda terrorist network in Pakistan last May 1, although there has been no official confirmation from Washington.
For book publishers, SEAL achievement that could potentially bring in huge profits. Thus, books about the story of Navy SEAL soldier, whether in the form of a true story or novel into reading fiction sold in the U.S..
According to the daily USA Today, Navy SEALs have become "super hero" (superhero) to the U.S. public. The books they are expected to be a mainstay on the shelves in bookstores.
In fact, there is a non-fiction book about SEALs accelerated publication schedule. The book was titled "SEAL Team Six: Memoirs of an elite Navy SEAL Sniper."
One of the author, Howard Wasdin is a former SEAL warrior. Assisted by Stephen Templin, recounts his experiences Wasdin mahaberat undergo training at the elite unit were up to when he served in an elite group of SEAL Team Six as a sniper.
Wasdin and Templin's book was new was published on May 24. However, thanks to incessant news SEAL success of the operation to kill Osama, publishing the book was accelerated into next week.
Representatives of publishers St. Martin's Press, as quoted by the news station MSNBC, and even claimed to have expanded the number of printed books up to 70,000 copies, or nearly four times the number originally planned. The reason, many buyers who want to immediately get the book.
According to the Hollywood Reporter media, Wasdin and Templin also plans to create a fictional novel about the "SEAL Team Six."
Before the book was circulated, there were a number of books about the SEALs who had recently published. One is titled "The Heart And The Fist: The Education of a Humanitarian, The Making of a Navy SEAL." Books that have been sold since mid-April it was written Greitens Eric, a former soldier who retired SEAL injury while on duty in Iraq.
Until now the U.S. government just mention that the death of Osama thanks thanks to their special operations forces. However, as reported by the Associated Press, the U.S. Navy flag officer, Rear Admiral Edward Winters, has sent e-mail (email) of congratulations to his subordinates as he reminded them to remain silent because "the struggle is not over."
