Horse Soldiers
The Extraordinary Story of a Band of U.S. Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan
New York : Scribner, 2009.
Format: Book
Edition: First Scribner hardcover ed.
Description: xvi, 393 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
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.
Contents:
Key players -- Uprising -- Going to war -- Horsmen, ride -- Danger close -- Gates of Mazar -- Ambush.
Subjects:
United States. Army. Special Forces -- History -- 21st century.
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.
Soldiers -- United States -- History -- 21st century -- Juvenile literature.
Soldiers -- Afghanistan -- History -- 21st century -- Juvenile literature.
Mazār-i Sharīf (Afghanistan) -- History, Military -- 21st century.
United States. Army. Special Forces -- History -- 21st century.
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.
Soldiers -- United States -- History -- 21st century -- Juvenile literature.
Soldiers -- Afghanistan -- History -- 21st century -- Juvenile literature.
Mazār-i Sharīf (Afghanistan) -- History, Military -- 21st century.
ISBN:
9781416580522
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY War Afghanistan Sta | Main (Downtown) | Nonfiction | Out (Due: 5/31/2024) |
HISTORY War Afghanistan Sta | St. Andrews Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-393).