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Black hawk down: a story of modern war

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Black Hawk Down is Mark Bowden's brilliant account of the longest sustained firefight involving American troops since the Vietnam War. On October 3, 1993, about a hundred elite U.S. soldiers were dropped by helicopter into the teeming market in the heart of Mogadishu, Somalia. Their mission was to abduct two top lieutenants of a Somali warlord and return to base. It was supposed to take an hour. Instead, they found themselves pinned down through a long and terrible night fighting against thousands of heavily armed Somalis. The following morning, eighteen Americans were dead and more than seventy had been badly wounded.
Drawing on interviews from both sides, army records, audiotapes, and videos (some of the material is still classified), Bowden's minute-by-minute narrative is one of the most exciting accounts of modern combat ever written—a riveting story that captures the heroism, courage, and brutality of battle.

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Series Title

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Call Number

967 BOW b

Publisher

New York : Grove Press., 1999

Collation

382 p. ; 21 cm

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9780802144737

Classification

900

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Edition

Ed. 1

Subject(s)

History
Military

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Statement of Responsibility

Mark Bowden

Other Information

Level

High School

Book Segment

Reading for pleasure

Reading Level

Independent

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