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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Scribner, 2009.Edition: First Scribner hardcover edDescription: xvi, 393 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781416580515
  • 1416580514
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 958.104/7 22
LOC classification:
  • DS371.412 .S73 2009b
Online resources:
Contents:
Key players -- Uprising -- Going to war -- Horsmen, ride -- Danger close -- Gates of Mazar -- Ambush.
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.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-393).

Key players -- Uprising -- Going to war -- Horsmen, ride -- Danger close -- Gates of Mazar -- Ambush.

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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