Stanton, Doug
Horse soldiers : the extraordinary story of a band of U.S. soldiers who rode to victory in Afghanistan / Doug Stanton. - First Scribner hardcover ed. - New York : Scribner, 2009. - xvi, 393 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.
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.
93766
9781416580515 1416580514
2009293971
United States. Army. Special Forces --History--21st century.
Afghan War, 2001---Cavalry operations, American.
Afghan War, 2001---Aerial operations, American.
Special operations (Military science)--History--Afghanistan--21st century.
Soldiers--History--United States--21st century.
Soldiers--History--Afghanistan--21st century.
Urban warfare--History--Afghanistan--Mazar-i Sharif--21st century.
Mazar-i Sharif (Afghanistan)--History, Military--21st century.
958.1047 Sta 15
Horse soldiers : the extraordinary story of a band of U.S. soldiers who rode to victory in Afghanistan / Doug Stanton. - First Scribner hardcover ed. - New York : Scribner, 2009. - xvi, 393 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.
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.
93766
9781416580515 1416580514
2009293971
United States. Army. Special Forces --History--21st century.
Afghan War, 2001---Cavalry operations, American.
Afghan War, 2001---Aerial operations, American.
Special operations (Military science)--History--Afghanistan--21st century.
Soldiers--History--United States--21st century.
Soldiers--History--Afghanistan--21st century.
Urban warfare--History--Afghanistan--Mazar-i Sharif--21st century.
Mazar-i Sharif (Afghanistan)--History, Military--21st century.
958.1047 Sta 15