New York, New York, U.S.A.: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1999. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. Best seller that chronicled the ill-fated Special Forces operation in Mogadishu that was one of the most intense firefights since Vietnam. Bumping to spine ends and top edge of front board, numerous nicks to top text block, light wear to top end of dj spine.. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Book.

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Late in the afternoon of Sunday, 3 October 1993, 140 elite US soldiers abseiled from helicopters into a teeming market neighbourhood in the heart of the city of Mogadishu, Somalia. Their mission was to abduct two top lieutenants of a Somali warlord and return to base. It was supposed to take them about an hour.Instead, they were pinned down through a long and terrible night in a hostile city, fighting for their lives against thousands of heavily armed Somalis. When the unit was rescued the following morning, eighteen American soldiers were dead and more than seventy badly injured. The Somali toll was far worse – more than five hundred killed and over a thousand injured.Authoritative, gripping, and insightful, Black Hawk Down is a heart-stopping, minute-by-minute account of modern war and is destined to become a classic of war reporting.

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Bookseller: Nothing Like A Good Book (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1001416
Title: Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
Author: Bowden, Mark
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Edition: First Edition, First Printing
ISBN 10: 0871137380
ISBN 13: 9780871137388
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Place of Publication: New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1999
Keywords: UNITED STATES ARMY SPECIAL FORCES
Bookseller catalogs: Non-fiction; Author B;

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