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Apr 1, 2010 · Black Hawk Down. : Mark Bowden. Grove/Atlantic, Inc., Apr 1, 2010 - History - 417 pages. #1 New York Times Bestseller: The “riveting” account of the 1993 operation in Mogadishu—the longest sustained firefight involving US troops since Vietnam (The Wall Street Journal). On October 3, 1993, about a hundred elite US soldiers were dropped by ...
- Mark Bowden
- Grove/Atlantic, Inc., 2010
- 1555846041, 9781555846046
- Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
Apr 13, 2010 · Mark Bowden. Mark Bowden is the bestselling author of Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War, as well as The Best Game Ever, Bringing the Heat, Killing Pablo, and Guests of the Ayatollah. He reported at The Philadelphia Inquirer for twenty years and now writes for Vanity Fair, The Atlantic, and other magazines. He lives in Oxford, Pennsylvania.
- Mark Bowden
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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. One of the key events is the downing of two United States MH-60 ...
- Mark Bowden
- 1999
Mar 1, 2000 · Mark Bowden is the author of Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War, Hue 1968, Guests of the Ayatollah, Killing Pablo and a dozen other books. He is a longtime contributing writer to The Atlantic and reported at The Philadelphia Inquirer for more than twenty-five years. He lives in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania.
Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War; Hue 1968. Mark Bowden ( / ˈbaʊdən /; born 1951) [1] is an American journalist and writer. He is a former national correspondent and longtime contributor to The Atlantic. He is best known for his book Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War (1999) about the 1993 U.S. military raid in Mogadishu, Somalia.
Mark Bowden has 65 books on Goodreads with 248552 ratings. Mark Bowden’s most popular book is Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War.
He has written for Men's Journal, The Atlantic Monthly, Sports Illustrated, and Rolling Stone over the years, and as a result of his book, Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War, Bowden's received international recognition. The book has been made into a 2001 movie, and was directed by Ridley Scott. He currently lives in Oxford, Pennsylvania.
