Horse soldiers : the extraordinary story of a band of U.S. soldiers who rode to victory in Afghanistan
(2010, original release: 2009)
By:
Stanton, Doug
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
958.1/STANTON,D
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Scribner, 2010
EDITION
First Scribner trade paperback edition
DESCRIPTION
xx, 395 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781416580522, 1416580522
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Key players -- Uprising -- Going to war -- Horsemen, ride -- Danger close -- Gates of Mazar -- Ambush
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