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Author_John Spencer
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combat survival
courage and humility
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forthcoming
inspirational nonfiction
leadership lessons
life lessons
military memoir
Near death experiences
overcoming adversity
personal growth and development
resilience and perseverance
self-help motivation
survival stories
true adventure stories
urban warfare expert
veteran stories
war expert
war scholar
Product details
- ISBN 9798895655566
- Weight: 360g
- Dimensions: 140 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 08 Oct 2026
- Publisher: Post Hill Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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A gripping memoir of survival and resilience, sharing true stories of close calls and the lessons they revealed about living with purpose, character, and strength.
How do you live after narrowly escaping death?
In Twenty Times I Almost Died: Life Lessons from the Edge of Survival, John Spencer, a soldier, father, and one of the world’s leading experts on urban warfare, shares gripping true stories drawn from a lifetime spent on the cusp of danger.
Transporting the reader through combat tours in Iraq and research trips through modern war zones to childhood struggles, freak accidents, and near disasters, each chapter recounts a close call that could have been his last.
Written with unflinching honesty and vivid detail, this memoir is both a record of near death experiences and a guide for living with purpose. Readers will find inspiration in Spencer’s resilience, candor, and refusal to quit while discovering wisdom that applies as much to parenting, leadership, and personal growth as it does to the battlefield.
Twenty Times I Almost Died is for readers of military and adventure nonfiction seeking authenticity and insight. In it, Spencer offers a powerful reminder that every hardship carries a lesson—and every lesson can change how we live.
How do you live after narrowly escaping death?
In Twenty Times I Almost Died: Life Lessons from the Edge of Survival, John Spencer, a soldier, father, and one of the world’s leading experts on urban warfare, shares gripping true stories drawn from a lifetime spent on the cusp of danger.
Transporting the reader through combat tours in Iraq and research trips through modern war zones to childhood struggles, freak accidents, and near disasters, each chapter recounts a close call that could have been his last.
Written with unflinching honesty and vivid detail, this memoir is both a record of near death experiences and a guide for living with purpose. Readers will find inspiration in Spencer’s resilience, candor, and refusal to quit while discovering wisdom that applies as much to parenting, leadership, and personal growth as it does to the battlefield.
Twenty Times I Almost Died is for readers of military and adventure nonfiction seeking authenticity and insight. In it, Spencer offers a powerful reminder that every hardship carries a lesson—and every lesson can change how we live.
John Spencer is the chair of urban warfare studies at the Modern War Institute at West Point. A retired US Army officer with twenty-five years of active-duty service, including two combat tours in Iraq, he is considered one of the world’s leading experts on urban warfare. An award-winning scholar and internationally recognized national security and military analyst, he has advised US top four-star generals and other senior leaders as part of strategic research groups from the Pentagon to the United States Military Academy. He is the author of Connected Soldiers and Understanding Urban Warfare, and his expertise has been featured by The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNN, Fox News, and the BBC. A graduate of Georgetown University, he continues to advise militaries and governments worldwide on strategy and modern conflict.
