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02316aam a2200325 a 4500 001 A29C5F9EC60811E8A8896FF896128E48 003 SILO 005 20181002010058 008 180517s2015 000 0 eng u 020 $a 0553386166 020 $a 9780553386165 (paperback) 040 $a Amazon $d SILO 100 1 $a Bradley, Rusty, 245 10 $a Lions of Kandahar : $b The Story of a Fight Against All Odds $c Major Rusty Bradley and Kevin Maurer. 250 $a Bantam Books Trade paperback edition. 264 1 $a New York $b Bantam Books $c 2015. 300 $a xiii, 286 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 21 cm 500 $a "Includes a new afterword by the authors"--Cover. 500 $a First contact -- That sewer smell -- Picking a fight -- Welcome back -- Bingo red one -- Operation Medusa -- Rat lines -- A cat-and-mouse game -- The red sands -- The notebook -- The voice of an angel and death -- "Shoot into the bushes, daddy!" -- Black on ammo -- Seven two-thousand-pounders -- Put your mouthpiece in -- Friends for life -- "These jokers just don't give up!" -- Holding on at all costs -- Today is not your day -- A world of hurt -- The dragon's back -- Firebase Sperwan Ghar. 520 $a One of the most critical battles of the Afghan War is now revealed as never before. Lions of Kandahar is an inside account from the unique perspective of an active-duty U.S. Army Special Forces commander. As then-Captain Rusty Bradley he began his third tour of duty in southern Afghanistan in 2006, the Taliban were poised to reclaim Kandahar Province, their strategically vital onetime capital. To stop them, the NATO coalition launched Operation Medusa, the largest offensive in its history. This is the story of a two-week battle that raged in scorching heat over a territory the size of Rhode Island.--From publisher description. 650 $a Afghan War, 2001- Campaigns $x Panjwai (District) $x Panjwai (District) 650 $a Afghan War, 2001- Commando operations. 650 $a Afghan War, 2001- Personal narratives, American. 650 $a Bradley, Rusty. 650 $a Operation Medusa, 2006. 650 $a Taliban. 700 $a Maurer, Kevin, author. 941 $a 1 952 $l JDPC145 $d 20190424012835.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A29C5F9EC60811E8A8896FF896128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search