Black Hawk Down
$31.21
- Paperback
592 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2021
Summary
A thrilling and visceral, no-holds-barred portrayal of modern war.
Already winning acclaim as one of the best accounts of combat ever written, Black Hawk Down is a minute-by-minute, heart-stopping account of the 1993 raid on Mogadishu, Somalia.
Late in the afternoon of Sunday, October 3 1993, 140 elite US Soldiers abseiled from helicopters into a teeming market neighbourhood in the heart of the city. Their mission was to abduct two top lieutenants of a Somali warlord and retur…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780552178976 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0552178977 |
| Author: | Mark Bowden |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Corgi Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 592 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2021 |
| Weight: | 403g |
| Dimensions: | 36mm x 127mm x 197mm |
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Critics Review
‘Rip-roaring stuff, with one of the most gruesome battlefield wound treatments ever committed to paper’
‘Rip-roaring stuff, with one of the most gruesome battlefield wound treatments ever committed to paper’ * Maxim *
A thrilling and visceral no-holds-barred classic of modern war
‘One of the most electrifying, immediate and detailed accounts of a single battle ever told…the whole 24-hour nightmare seems like it’s happening to you’ * Later *
Mark Bowden
Mark Bowden is the author of Bringing the Heat and Doctor Dealer. He has been a reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer for eighteen years and has won many national awards for his writing. He has also written for Sports Illustrated, Playboy, Rolling Stone, Parade and other magazines.
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