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Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War

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On October 3, 1993, about a hundred U.S. soldiers were dropped by helicopter into a teeming market in the heart of Mogadishu, Somalia, to abduct two top lieutenants of a Somali warlord. The action was supposed to take an hour. Instead, they spent a long and terrible night fighting thousands of armed Somalis. By morning, eighteen Americans were dead, and more than seventy badly injured. Mark Bowden's gripping narrative is one of the most exciting accounts of modern war ever written--a riveting story that captures the heroism, courage and brutality of battle.

Language: English

Pages: 386

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press

Release: February 10, 1999

ISBN: 0871137380

ISBN 13: 9780871137388

Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War

4.2/5 ( ratings)

On October 3, 1993, about a hundred U.S. soldiers were dropped by helicopter into a teeming market in the heart of Mogadishu, Somalia, to abduct two top lieutenants of a Somali warlord. The action was supposed to take an hour. Instead, they spent a long and terrible night fighting thousands of armed Somalis. By morning, eighteen Americans were dead, and more than seventy badly injured. Mark Bowden's gripping narrative is one of the most exciting accounts of modern war ever written--a riveting story that captures the heroism, courage and brutality of battle.

Language: English

Pages: 386

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press

Release: February 10, 1999

ISBN: 0871137380

ISBN 13: 9780871137388

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