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Mogadishu! - Heroism and Tragedy (Hardcover, New)
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Mogadishu! - Heroism and Tragedy (Hardcover, New)
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Every American should read this book in order to gain a clear
insight about military combat and war. From the foreword by Ross
Perot Recommended for readers who enjoy suspenseful accounts of
close combat. Publishers Weekly Most Americans remember...the two
troubling televised images that follwed [the operation]....But
there is more about that day that is told in this book and that
should be known by Americans. The Wall Street Journal Among
America's clearest memories of ongoing conflict in Somalia will
certainly be the swollen, bloodied face of helicopter pilot Michael
Durant, displayed on the international television news reports
after his capture in Mogadishu on October 3, 1993. While the failed
mission leading to Durant's imprisonment captured the rage and
anguish of the world, few Americans truly understood how many U.S.
Army Ranger compatriots shared Durant's fortitude and courage
there. Indeed, Durant was only one member of the elite Task Force
Ranger Regiment deployed to apprehend Mohammed Farrah Aidid,
Somailia's most powerful warlord on the fateful October day. Here
is the little-known story of the 15 fierce, deadly hours of
fighting that followed the Americans tightly calibrated attempt to
target Aidid. Moment by moment, Mogahishu! recounts how this
mission, intended to deflate the heart of Somali resistance, became
instead a tragic showcase for the heroism and breathtaking
self-sacrifice of the American servicement--and the catalyst of
U.S. withdrawal of peacekeeping troops. Mogadishu! reveals while
the operation produced on the most decorated military units in
American history, it cost 18 of America's best-trained servicemen
their lives. Using rare testimony from other military personnel,
Kent DeLong offers the first complete account of how these
Americans died, not for glory but for each other, far from their
loved ones in a God-forsaken place called Mogadishu.
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