12 strong : the declassified true story of the horse soldiers by Stanton, Doug, author instant download

12 strong : the declassified true story of the horse soldiers by Stanton, Doug, author instant download

xx, 395 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : 21 cm, 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, \"The amazing book that inspired the movie\"--Cover, \"Previously published as Horse soldiers: the extraordinary story of a band of U.S. soldiers who rode to victory in Afghanistan\"--Title page verso, Includes excerpt from Doug Stanton's \"The odyssey of Echo Company: the 1968 TET offensive and the epic battle to survive the Vietnam War.\", Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-395), Key players -- Prologue: Uprising -- Part one: Going to war -- Part two: Horsemen, ride -- Part three: Danger close -- Part four: Gates of Mazar -- Part five: Ambush -- Epilogue