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Black Hawk Down

by Mark Bowden
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#1 New York Times Bestseller: The “riveting” account of the 1993 operation in Mogadishu—the longest sustained firefight involving US troops since Vietnam (The Wall Street Journal).
On October 3, 1993, about a hundred elite US 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 true story that captures the heroism, courage, and brutality of battle.
“One of the most gripping and authoritative accounts of combat ever written.” —USA Today
“Journalistic writing at its best.” —The Boston Globe
“Vivid, immediate, and unsparing.” —The Washington Post
Includes a new afterword
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Publisher: Grove Atlantic

Kindle Book

  • Release date: April 11, 2023

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781555846046
  • Release date: April 11, 2023

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  • ISBN: 9781555846046
  • File size: 3743 KB
  • Release date: April 11, 2023
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subjects

History Military Nonfiction

Languages

English

Levels

ATOS Level:7.3
Lexile® Measure:970
Interest Level:9-12(UG)
Text Difficulty:5-7

#1 New York Times Bestseller: The “riveting” account of the 1993 operation in Mogadishu—the longest sustained firefight involving US troops since Vietnam (The Wall Street Journal).
On October 3, 1993, about a hundred elite US 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 true story that captures the heroism, courage, and brutality of battle.
“One of the most gripping and authoritative accounts of combat ever written.” —USA Today
“Journalistic writing at its best.” —The Boston Globe
“Vivid, immediate, and unsparing.” —The Washington Post
Includes a new afterword
Expand title description text
History Military Nonfiction
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Grove Atlantic

    Kindle Book
    Release date: April 11, 2023

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781555846046
    Release date: April 11, 2023

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781555846046
    File size: 3743 KB
    Release date: April 11, 2023

  • Creators
  • Formats
    Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
  • Languages
    English
  • Levels
    ATOS Level: 7.3
    Lexile® Measure: 970
    Interest Level: 9-12(UG)
    Text Difficulty: 5-7
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