Length1h 45m
About this audiobook
Ed Reif went from selling art in Hawaii and working on Lost to crossing the globe eight times aboard luxury cruise ships. Then he traded the Queen Mary 2 for a Chinook, crisp linens for ceramic plates, and evening dress for body armor in Afghanistan.
Contracted by Raytheon through the Warrior Training Alliance, he taught mission-critical English to Afghan Special Forces supporting live PC-12 and MI-17 operations. With armed 82nd Airborne Guardian Angels at the back of the classroom, a misunderstood radio call was never just a wrong answer.
We Speak English or People Die reveals the Eisenhower Matrix of War, the Warrior’s Dictionary, the gap between test scores and performance under stress, and a hard-earned rule: failure is data, not drama.
Part memoir, part field manual, this is the story of a teacher in a war zone—and the words that could mean the difference between life and death.
“I designed language that survives stress—because stress kills language.”
Audiobook details
GenreBusiness and Economics, Biography and Memoir
Length1 hr 45 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 4, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Author's Note
2What This Book Will Do: What This Book Will Not Do
3PROLOGUE: The Weight of Words
4The Weight of Words
5Chapter 1: The Art Dealer's Awakening
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6The Art Dealer's Awakening
7Chapter 2: The Cruise Ship Epiphany
8The Cruise Ship Epiphany
9Chapter 3
10The Language of Power
11The Financial Seduction
12The Contract That Changed Everything
13Chapter 4: The Call to Afghanistan
14The Call to Afghanistan
15Chapter 5: Helicopter Pedagogy
16Helicopter Pedagogy
17Chapter 6: The Afghan Shepherd Dogs and Life Lessons
18The Afghan Shepherd Dogs and Life Lessons
19Chapter 7: The Analog Advantage
20The Analog Advantage
21Chapter 8: The Saudi Arabian Crucible
22The Saudi Arabian Crucible
23Chapter 9: The Warrior Training Alliance
24The Warrior Training Alliance
25Chapter 10: The Philosophy of Controlled Aggression
26The Philosophy of Controlled Aggression
27Chapter 11: Failure as Data, Not Drama
28Failure as Data, Not Drama
29Chapter 12: The Eisenhower Matrix of War
30The Eisenhower Matrix of War
31Chapter 13: The Soft Power Revolution
32The Soft Power Revolution
33Chapter 14: The Warrior's Dictionary
34The Warrior's Dictionary
35Chapter 15: The Afghan Contradiction
36The Afghan Contradiction
37EPILOGUE: The Teacher's War
38The Teacher's War
39About the Author
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