From the West Side to the Wailing Wall

Black & Bulletproof: An African-American Warrior in the Israeli Army tells the intriguing story of one man’s journey from the terrors of
“thug life” to a position of honor in the Israeli military.

Marcus Hardie was born and raised by his grandmother in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Los Angeles, a black youth stuck in the urban
ghetto. He survived the ghetto and graduated from college and law
school, Mark Hardie seemed destined for a future far from the violent
surroundings of his childhood, an upbringing filled with urban gang
warfare. He showed promise in California’s political scene, rising
to an important position in the governor’s office. No one would
have imagined, though, that he would soon become an elite anti-terror
operative in one of the most violent places in the world: the Middle
East.

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