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  1. 4.30. 64,699ratings1,942reviews. Kindle $2.99. 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.

  2. Mar 1, 1999 · Reviews. HISTORY. BLACK HAWK DOWN. A STORY OF MODERN WAR. by Mark Bowden ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 1, 1999. Gripping, passionate, and impossible to put down. bookshelf. shop now. Awards & Accolades. Our Verdict. GET IT. Google Rating. National Book Award Finalist.

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  4. 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. One of the key events is the downing of ...

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    • 1999
  5. Aug 7, 2001 · BLACK HAWK DOWN came about nearly four years after the battle, but the author did his homework carefully. His list of interviewees is impressive, as is the extent of his research. The result is a glimpse into the apocalyptic hell of desperate battle, of men (closer to boys, many of them) killing each other just to stay alive.

  6. Black Hawk Down . A Story of Modern War . Mark Bowden | 4.50 | 55,246 ratings and reviews

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  7. Apr 13, 2010 · by Mark Bowden (Author) 4.7 2,286 ratings. 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.

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