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Author:

Stanton, Doug.

Title:

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

Edition:

First Scribner trade pbk. ed.

Publisher:

Scribner

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

xx, 407 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.

Subject:

United States--Special Forces--Special Forces--History--21st century.
Urban warfare--Maz♯r-i Shar♯±f--Maz♯r-i Shar♯±f--History--21st century.
Soldiers--United States--History--21st century.
Soldiers--Afghanistan--History--21st century.
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.
Maz♯r-i Shar♯±f (Afghanistan)--History, Military--21st century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 397- 407.)

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.

ISBN:

1416580522
9781416580522

Locations:

YAPC771 -- Bondurant Community Library (Bondurant)

HOPC845 -- Hull Public Library (Hull)

JJPA194 -- Ionia Community Library (Ionia)

CCPB522 -- Oxford Public Library (Oxford)

VCPD034 -- Robey Memorial Library-Waukon (Waukon)