Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War Contributor(s): Bowden, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 080214473X ISBN-13: 9780802144737 Publisher: Grove Press OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Military - Wars & Conflicts (other) - History | Military - United States - History | Africa - East |
Dewey: 967.730 |
Lexile Measure: 970 |
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.5" W x 8.3" (0.85 lbs) 400 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - East Africa - Chronological Period - 1990's |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 62805 Reading Level: 7.3 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 23.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher 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 lieutenants of a Somali warlord and return to base. It was supposed to take an hour. Instead, they found themselves pinned down through a long and terrible night fighting against thousands of heavily-armed Somalis. The following morning, eighteen Americans were dead and more than seventy had been badly wounded. |