TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stanton,Doug
TI  - Horse soldiers: the extraordinary story of a band of U.S. soldiers who rode to victory in Afghanistan 
T2  - Thorndike Press large print nonfiction
SN  - 1410417204 (hardcover : alk. paper)
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Detroit
PB  - Thorndike Press
KW  - United States
KW  - Army
KW  - Special Forces
KW  - History
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Afghan War, 2001-
KW  - Personal narratives, American
KW  - Aerial operations, American
KW  - Cavalry operations, American
KW  - Soldiers
KW  - Afghanistan
KW  - Special operations (Military science)
KW  - Urban warfare
KW  - Mazåar-i Sharåif
KW  - Mazåar-i Sharåif (Afghanistan)
KW  - History, Military
KW  - Large type books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 739-767)
N2  - 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
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