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Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War

Book Description
Already a classic of war reporting and now reissued as a Grove Press paperback, Black Hawk Down is Mark Bowden's brilliant account of the longest sustained firefight involving American troops since the Vietnam War. On October 3, 1993, about a hundred elite U.S. soldiers were dropped by helicopter into the teeming market in the heart of Mogadishu, Somalia. Their mission was to abduct two top lieute... More
Book Information
PublisherGrove Press
BindingKindle Edition (40 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages417
ISBN-10B008X5XP9M
Publication Date04/01/2010
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About Mark Bowden (Author) : Mark Bowden is a published author of young adult books. Some of the published credits of Mark Bowden include Black Hawk Down.
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