Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
Mark Bowden
Already a classic of war reporting and now reissued as a Grove Press paperback, 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.Binding Type: PaperbackAuthor: Mark BowdenPublisher: Grove PressPublished: 04/13/2010ISBN: 9780802144737Pages: 396Weight: 0.85lbsSize: 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.20dAccelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 62805 / Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern WarReading Level: 7.3 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 23
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Book Title
Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
ISBN
9780802144737
Already a classic of war reporting and now reissued as a Grove Press paperback, 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.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Mark Bowden
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 04/13/2010
ISBN: 9780802144737
Pages: 396
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.20d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 62805 / Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
Reading Level: 7.3 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 23
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.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Mark Bowden
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 04/13/2010
ISBN: 9780802144737
Pages: 396
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.20d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 62805 / Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
Reading Level: 7.3 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 23
Already a classic of war reporting and now reissued as a Grove Press paperback, 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.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Mark Bowden
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 04/13/2010
ISBN: 9780802144737
Pages: 396
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.20d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 62805 / Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
Reading Level: 7.3 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 23
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.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Mark Bowden
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 04/13/2010
ISBN: 9780802144737
Pages: 396
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.20d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 62805 / Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
Reading Level: 7.3 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 23
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