xx, 395 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :illustrations, maps ;21 cm
"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".
Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-395).
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.
1.Afghan War, 2001---Cavalry operations, American.2.Afghan War, 2001---Aerial operations, American.3.Afghan War, 2001---Personal narratives, American.4.Special operations (Military science)--Afghanistan--History--21st century.5.Soldiers--United States--History--21st century.6.Soldiers--Afghanistan--History--21st century.7.Urban warfare--Afghanistan--Mazār-i Sharīf--History--21st century.Dynamic Details