Horse soldiers : the extraordinary story of a band of U.S. soldiers who rode to victory in Afghanistan / Doug Stanton.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781416588238
- ISBN: 141658823X
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 393 pages, [8] pages of plates) : illustrations, map.
- Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2009.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-393). |
Formatted Contents Note: | Key players -- Uprising -- Going to war -- Horsmen, ride -- Danger close -- Gates of Mazar -- Ambush. |
Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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