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Hardcover. Trade paperback. Pages. 392. ISBN. 978-0-87113-738-8. Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War is a 1999 book by journalist Mark Bowden. It documents efforts by the Unified Task Force to capture Somali faction leader Mohamed Farrah Aidid in 1993, and the resulting battle in Mogadishu between United States forces and Aidid's militia ...
- Mark Bowden
- 392
- 1999
- February 10, 1999
May 13, 2019 · After "Black Hawk Down" came out as a book, which was before the film, it was a #1 best seller on The New York Times list, it was a National Book Award finalist, it got a lot of attention, and it ...
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The Legacy of Black Hawk Down. Twenty-five years after the battle chronicled in the best-selling book, the author argues that we’ve learned the wrong lessons about fighting terrorism
Apr 13, 2010 · 2,274. #1 Best Seller in East Africa History. See all formats and editions. Already a classic of war reporting and now reissued as a Grove Press paperback, Black Hawk Down is Mark Bowden’s brilliant account of the longest sustained firefight involving American troops since the Vietnam War.
- Mark Bowden
- $13.23
- Grove Press
This is the story of war. Black Hawk Down drops you into a crowded marketplace in the heart of Mogadishu, Somalia with the U.S. Special Forces—and puts you in the middle of the most intense firefight American soldiers have fought since the Vietnam War.
Feb 10, 1999 · Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War. Mark Bowden. 4.30. 64,636 ratings1,937 reviews. On October 3, 1993, about a hundred U.S. soldiers were dropped by helicopter into a teeming market in the heart of Mogadishu, Somalia, to abduct two top lieutenants of a Somali warlord. The action was supposed to take an hour.
Apr 1, 2010 · Books. Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War. Mark Bowden. Grove/Atlantic, Inc., Apr 1, 2010 - History - 417 pages. #1 New York Times Bestseller: The “riveting” account of the 1993...
