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Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of Special Forces Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan

Autor Doug Stanton
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 iul 2010
The Horse Soldiers is the true, dramatic account of a small band of Special Forces soldiers who entered Afghanistan immediately following September 11, 2001 and, riding to war on horses, defeated the Taliban. Heavily outnumbered, they nonetheless succeed in capturing the strategic Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif, where they are welcomed as liberators as they ride on horseback into the city, the streets thronged with Afghans overjoyed that the Taliban have been kicked out. The soldiers rest easy, as they feel they have accomplished their mission. Then the action takes a wholly unexpected turn. During a surrender of Taliban troops, the Horse Soldiers are ambushed by the would-be P.O.W.s and, still dangerously outnumbered, they must fight for their lives in the city's ancient fortress known as Qala-I Janghi, or the House of War…
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ISBN-13: 9781847398239
ISBN-10: 1847398235
Pagini: 416
Ilustrații: 8pp b-w photographs
Dimensiuni: 130 x 198 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.47 kg
Editura: Simon&Schuster
Colecția Simon & Schuster UK
Locul publicării:United Kingdom

Descriere

One of the great untold stories of the war in Afghanistan: how a small band of Special Forces rode out on horseback and defeated the Taliban.

Notă biografică

Doug Stanton is the author of the New York Times bestsellers In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors and Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of US Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan, which is the basis for a Jerry Bruckheimer-produced movie by the same name, starring Chris Hemsworth and Michael Shannon, to be released by Warner Bros. in 2018. He attended Hampshire College and the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The New York Times Book Review, Time, The Washington Post, Men's Journal, The Daily Beast, Newsweek, Esquire, and Outside, where he has been a contributing editor. Stanton is a founder of the National Writers Series, a year-round book festival, and lives in his hometown of Traverse City, Michigan, with his wife, Anne Stanton, and their three children, John, Katherine, and Will.

Recenzii

"A thrilling action ride of a book." -Bruce Barcott, cover of "The New York Times Book Review"
"A fascinating account...This is not just a battle story--it's also about the home front. An important book." -"The Today Show"