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Horse soldiers : the extraordinary story of a band of U.S. soldiers who rode to victory in Afghanistan  Cover Image E-book E-book

Horse soldiers : the extraordinary story of a band of U.S. soldiers who rode to victory in Afghanistan

Stanton, Doug. (Author).

Summary: 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.

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  • ISBN: 9781416588238
  • ISBN: 141658823X
  • ISBN: 9781416580522
  • ISBN: 1416580522
  • ISBN: 9781416580515
  • ISBN: 1416580514
  • Physical Description: remote
    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.
Subject: Afghan War, 2001- -- Cavalry operations, American
Afghan War, 2001- -- Aerial operations, American
Afghan War, 2001- -- Personal narratives, American
United States. -- Army. -- Special Forces -- History -- 21st century
Special operations (Military science) -- Afghanistan -- History -- 21st century
Soldiers -- United States -- History -- 21st century
Soldiers -- Afghanistan -- History -- 21st century
Urban warfare -- Afghanistan -- Mazār-i Sharīf -- History -- 21st century
Mazār-i Sharīf (Afghanistan) -- History, Military -- 21st century
USA -- Heer -- Special Forces
Kavallerie
Soldat
Afghanistankrieg
HISTORY / Military / General
United States. -- Army. -- Special Forces.
Afghan War (2001-)
Military operations, Aerial -- American
Soldiers
Special operations (Military science)
Urban warfare
Afghanistan
Afghanistan -- Mazār-i Sharīf
United States
Genre: History.
Military history.
Personal narratives > American.
Electronic books.

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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.

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