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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.

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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.
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