Search results
Feb 10, 1999 · Mark Bowden. 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.
- (64.6K)
- Hardcover
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
Apr 13, 2010 · 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
Mar 1, 2000 · Mark Bowden's "Blackhawk Down" is the quintessential story of combat in the post Cold War era. What was originally intended to be a humanitarian mission by the Bush administration became a disastrous attempt at "nation building" during the early years of the Clinton presidency.
On October 3, 1993, about a hundred elite US soldiers were dropped by helicopter into the teeming market in the heart of Mogadishu, Somalia. Their mission was to abduct two top lieutenants of a Somali warlord and return to base.
Apr 1, 2010 · 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 operation in...
People also ask
What is Black Hawk Down about?
Why did Mark Bowden write Black Hawk Down?
What happened in Black Hawk Down?
Is Black Hawk Down a good book?
Apr 1, 2010 · 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 operation in...
