Horse soldiers : the extraordinary story of a band of U.S. soldiers who rode to victory in Afghanistan
Book
Documents the post-September 11 mission during which a small band of Special Forces soldiers captured the strategic Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif as part of an effort to defeat the Taliban, in a dramatic account that includes testimonies by Afghanistan citizens whose lives were changed by the war.
Item Details
ISBN:
- 9781501179952
- 9781416588238
- 9781416580522
- 9781416580515
- 1501179950
- 1416580514
Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
Description: xvi, 393 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Target Audience Note:
- Adult. Brodart.
- Adult. Brodart.
Other Title: 12 strong
Notes:
- Publication, pagination and printing dates may vary.
- Book is also published under the title 12 Strong: The Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-393).
Contents:
- Key players
- Uprising
- Going to war
- Horsmen, ride
- Danger close
- Gates of Mazar
- Ambush.
LCCN: 2016449416 * 2009293971
Control Number: 2375763
Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2009.Subjects:
- Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Aerial operations, American.
- Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Cavalry operations, American.
- Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Personal narratives, American.
- MazaĚŠar-i SharaĚŠif (Afghanistan) -- History, Military -- 21st century.
- Soldiers -- Afghanistan -- History -- 21st century.
- Soldiers -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
- Special operations (Military science) -- Afghanistan -- History -- 21st century.
- United States. Army. Special Forces -- History -- 21st century.
- Urban warfare -- Afghanistan -- MazaĚŠar-i SharaĚŠif -- History -- 21st century.
Genre: Personal narratives.