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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.
- Mark Bowden
- 392
- 1999
- February 10, 1999
Apr 13, 2010 · Black Hawk Down, written by Mark Bowden, a journalist, tells a story about a group of American Soldiers that were sent into Somalia on a humanitarian mission authorized by George Bush in 1992. Several of the helicopters, Black Hawks, that they brought with them into the mission were shot down and the crews were mutilated by a local militia.
- Mark Bowden
- $13.23
- Grove Press
Feb 10, 1999 · Mark Bowden. 4.30. 64,496 ratings1,932 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.
- (64.3K)
- Hardcover
Authoritative, gripping, and insightful, Black Hawk Down is a riveting look at the terror and exhilaration of combat, destined to become a classic of war reporting.
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...
- Mark Bowden
- Grove/Atlantic, Inc., 2010
- 1555846041, 9781555846046
- Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
May 13, 2019 · Published May 13, 2019. Journalist and author Mark Bowden had already enjoyed a successful career when his investigation into the Battle of Mogadishu and subsequent book "Black Hawk Down"...
Aug 7, 2001 · Genres: Nonfiction. Paperback: 496 pages. Publisher: Signet. ISBN-10: 0451203933. ISBN-13: 9780451203939. Excerpt. Biography.
