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Horse soldiers : the extraordinary story of a band of U.S. soldiers who rode to victory in Afghanistan
Title:
Horse soldiers : the extraordinary story of a band of U.S. soldiers who rode to victory in Afghanistan
Author:
Stanton, Doug.
Personal Author:
Stanton, Doug.
Edition:
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Scribner, [2009]

©2009
Physical Description:
xvi, 393 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Summary:
Documents the post-September 11 mission during which a small band of Special Forces soldiers captured the strategic Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif as part of an effort to defeat the Taliban, in a dramatic account that includes testimonies by Afghanistan citizens whose lives were changed by the war.
Language:
English
Corporate Subject:
United States. Army. Special Forces -- History -- 21st century.
Subject Term:
Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Cavalry operations, American.

Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Aerial operations, American.

Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Personal narratives, American.

Special operations (Military science) -- Afghanistan -- History -- 21st century.

Soldiers -- United States -- History -- 21st century.

Soldiers -- Afghanistan -- History -- 21st century.

Urban warfare -- Afghanistan -- Maz*ar-i Sharīf -- History -- 21st century.
Geographic Term:
Maz*ar-i Sharīf (Afghanistan) -- History, Military -- 21st century.
ISBN:
9781416580515
Format :
Book

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