Horse soldiers : the extraordinary story of a band of U.S. soldiers who rode to victory in Afghanistan /
Stanton, Doug.
Horse soldiers : the extraordinary story of a band of U.S. soldiers who rode to victory in Afghanistan / Doug Stanton. - Large print ed. - Detroit : Thorndike Press, 2009. - 771 p. (large print), [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 23 cm. - Thorndike Press large print nonfiction . - Thorndike Press large print nonfiction series .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 739-767).
Following 9/11, a small band of Special Forces soldiers secretly entered Afghanistan and rode to war on horseback against the Taliban. Outnumbered forty to one, they pursued the enemy across the mountainous terrain and captured the strategic city of Mazari-Sharif. The bone-weary Americans were welcomed as liberators, and overjoyed Afghans thronged the streets. Then the action took an unexpected turn: the Horse Soldiers were ambushed.
1410417204 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781410417206 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2009012161
United States. Army. Special Forces --History--21st century.
Afghan War, 2001---Personal narratives, American.
Afghan War, 2001---Aerial operations, American.
Afghan War, 2001---Cavalry operations, American.
Soldiers--History--Afghanistan--21st century.
Soldiers--History--United States--21st century.
Special operations (Military science)--History--Afghanistan--21st century.
Urban warfare--History--Afghanistan--Mazåar-i Sharåif--21st century.
Mazåar-i Sharåif (Afghanistan)--History, Military--21st century.
Large type books.
Horse soldiers : the extraordinary story of a band of U.S. soldiers who rode to victory in Afghanistan / Doug Stanton. - Large print ed. - Detroit : Thorndike Press, 2009. - 771 p. (large print), [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 23 cm. - Thorndike Press large print nonfiction . - Thorndike Press large print nonfiction series .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 739-767).
Following 9/11, a small band of Special Forces soldiers secretly entered Afghanistan and rode to war on horseback against the Taliban. Outnumbered forty to one, they pursued the enemy across the mountainous terrain and captured the strategic city of Mazari-Sharif. The bone-weary Americans were welcomed as liberators, and overjoyed Afghans thronged the streets. Then the action took an unexpected turn: the Horse Soldiers were ambushed.
1410417204 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781410417206 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2009012161
United States. Army. Special Forces --History--21st century.
Afghan War, 2001---Personal narratives, American.
Afghan War, 2001---Aerial operations, American.
Afghan War, 2001---Cavalry operations, American.
Soldiers--History--Afghanistan--21st century.
Soldiers--History--United States--21st century.
Special operations (Military science)--History--Afghanistan--21st century.
Urban warfare--History--Afghanistan--Mazåar-i Sharåif--21st century.
Mazåar-i Sharåif (Afghanistan)--History, Military--21st century.
Large type books.