12 Strong The declassified true story of the horse soldiers
Doug Stanton.
- 1st Scribner hardcover ed.
- New York : Scribner, 2017.
- xvi, 393 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-393).
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.
978150117851 1416580514
2009293971
Afghan War, 2001- Afghan War, 2001- Afghan War, 2001- Special operations (Military science) Soldiers Soldiers Urban warfare