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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:
[Large print ed.]
Publication Information:
Detroit : Thorndike Press, 2009.
Physical Description:
771 pages (large print), 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Series:
Thorndike Press large print nonfiction

Thorndike Press large print nonfiction series.
Summary:
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.
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 -- Mazār-i Sharīf -- History -- 21st century.
Geographic Term:
Mazār-i Sharīf (Afghanistan) -- History, Military -- 21st century.
Genre:
Large type books.
ISBN:
9781410417206
Format :
Book

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