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12 strong : the declassified true story of the horse soldiers  Cover Image Book Book

12 strong : the declassified true story of the horse soldiers / Doug Stanton.

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781501178511 (trade paperback)
  • Physical Description: xx, 395 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
  • Edition: Scribner trade paperback edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2017.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"The amazing book that inspired the movie"--Cover.
"Previously published as Horse soldiers: the extraordinary story of a band of U.S. soldiers who rode to victory in Afghanistan"--Title page verso.
Includes excerpt from Doug Stanton's "The odyssey of Echo Company: the 1968 TET offensive and the epic battle to survive the Vietnam War".
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-395).
Subject: United States. Army. Special Forces > History > 21st century.
Taliban.
Afghan War, 2001- > Cavalry operations, American.
Afghan War, 2001- > Aerial operations, American.
Afghan War, 2001- > Personal narratives, American.
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.
Genre: Personal narratives.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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500 . ‡aIncludes excerpt from Doug Stanton's "The odyssey of Echo Company: the 1968 TET offensive and the epic battle to survive the Vietnam War".
504 . ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 385-395).
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