Black Hawk Down; A Story of Modern War
by Mark Bowden
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0451203933
- ISBN 13
- 9780451203939
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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Synopsis
Late in the afternoon of Sunday, 3 October 1993, 140 elite US soldiers abseiled from helicopters into a teeming market neighbourhood in the heart of the city of Mogadishu, Somalia. Their mission was to abduct two top lieutenants of a Somali warlord and return to base. It was supposed to take them about an hour.Instead, they were pinned down through a long and terrible night in a hostile city, fighting for their lives against thousands of heavily armed Somalis. When the unit was rescued the following morning, eighteen American soldiers were dead and more than seventy badly injured. The Somali toll was far worse – more than five hundred killed and over a thousand injured.Authoritative, gripping, and insightful, Black Hawk Down is a heart-stopping, minute-by-minute account of modern war and is destined to become a classic of war reporting.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011783
- Title
- Black Hawk Down; A Story of Modern War
- Author
- Mark Bowden
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0451203933
- ISBN 13
- 9780451203939
- Publisher
- Signet Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2001
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾
- Keywords
- Mogadishu, Somalia, Black Hawk Down, Task Force Ranger, United Nations Mission in Somalia, War Lords in Somalia, Operation Restore Hope, Battle of Mogadishu, The Mog, US Army Special Forces,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Aviation/Aircraft;
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