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Feb 10, 1999 · By morning, eighteen Americans were dead, and more than seventy badly injured. Mark Bowden's gripping narrative is one of the most exciting accounts of modern war ever written--a riveting story that captures the heroism, courage and brutality of battle.
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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.
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- February 10, 1999
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Aug 7, 2001 · In a frank and evenhanded epilogue, the author discusses the pros and cons of the mission and its objectives, and shifts the book's emphasis from the battle to a discussion of US foreign policy.
Sep 8, 2022 · Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden book review. During the battle, two United States UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters are downed by the militia. Now, the mission goes from escorting the faction leader to saving and rescuing the stranded officers.
Apr 12, 2019 · Mark Bowden’s “Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War” is a minute-by-minute reconstruction of the climactic battle in the short, ill-fated American military campaign in Mogadishu. The...
Book Reviews: Black Hawk Down, by Mark Bowden (Updated for 2021) Black Hawk Down. A Story of Modern War. Mark Bowden | 4.50 | 55,246 ratings and reviews. Recommended by Toby Young, and 1 others. See all reviews. Ranked #5 in Military History, Ranked #6 in Military — see more rankings.
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.
