12 strong : the declassified true story of the horse soldiers
Stanton, Doug2017
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Place reservation for 12 strong : the declassified true story of the horse soldiers12 Strong is the dramatic account of a small band of Special Forces soldiers who secretly entered Afghanistan following 9/11 and rode to war on horses against the Taliban. Outnumbered forty to one, they pursued the enemy army across the mountainous Afghanistan terrain and, after a series of intense battles, captured the city of Mazar-i-Sharif. The bone-weary American soldiers were welcomed as liberators as they rode into the city. Then the action took a wholly unexpected turn. During a surrender of six hundred Taliban troops, the Horse Soldiers were ambushed by the would-be POWs. Dangerously overpowered, they fought for their lives in the city's immense fortress, Qala-i-Janghi, or the House of War. At risk were the military gains of the entire campaign: if the soldiers perished or were captured, the entire effort to outmanoeuvre the Taliban was likely doomed.
Main title:
12 strong : the declassified true story of the horse soldiers / Doug Stanton.
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Imprint:
New York : Scribner, 2017.©2009.
Collation:
xx, 395 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
Variant title:
Other title: Horse soldiers : the extraordinary story of a band of U.S. soldiers who rode to victory in Afghanistan
Notes:
Film tie-in."The story that inspired the movie" --Front cover.Previously published as "Horse soldiers: the extraordinary story of a band of U.S. soldiers who rode to victory in Afghanistan" --Title page.Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-395)
ISBN:
9781501178511 (paperback)
Dewey class:
958.1047
Language:
English
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Subject:
United States. Army. Special Forces -- History -- 21st centuryUrban warfare -- Afghanistan -- Mazār-i Sharīf (Afghanistan) -- History -- 21st centuryAfghan War, 2001- -- Cavalry operations, AmericanAfghan War, 2001- -- Aerial operations, AmericanAfghan War, 2001- -- Personal narratives, AmericanSpecial operations (Military science) -- Afghanistan -- History -- 21st centurySoldiers -- United States -- History -- 21st centurySoldiers -- Afghanistan -- History -- 21st centuryMazār-i Sharīf (Afghanistan) -- History, Military -- 21st century
BRN:
355384
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| Penrith | Nonfiction | 958.1047 TWE | Available |
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