Black Hawk Down

On October 3, 1993, about a hundred U.S soldiers were dropped by helicopter into a teeming market in the heart of Mogadishu, Somalia, to abduct two top lieutenants of a Somali warlord The action was supposed to take an hour Instead, they spent a long and terrible night fighting thousands of armed Somalis By morning, eighteen Americans were dead, and than seventy badly injured Mark Bowden s gripping narrative is one of the most exciting accounts of modern war ever written a riveting story that captures the heroism, courage and brutality of battle. Best Download Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr The book describes, from the ground up, a US attack on the part of Mogadishu controlled by Somali military commander Mohamed Aidid, after Aidid had attacked a UN peacekeeping force They had intended to grab some of his lieutenants it is unclear to me if they intended to grab Aidid himself, an attempt to de fang a local warlord who had been a thorn in the side re the attempt to establish a government in Somalia.Image from BBCThere was a lack of appreciation for the theater conditions and many The book describes, from the ground up, a US attack on the part of Mogadishu controlled by Somali military commander Mohamed Aidid, after Aidid had attacked a UN peacekeeping force T...Impressive.Another example of where the film is not even close to how good the book is, this narrative is gripping and very powerful.I had an Army friend who was there in Mogadishu at the time and said that the book was good journalism whereas the film was ridiculous From my perspective, the Captain Steele from the book was Colonel Steele, commander of the 101st Airborne Rakkasans between 2004 and 2006, while I was in Iraq Professional tough...STAFF SGT Matt Eversmann s lanky frame was fully extended on the rope for what seemed too long on the way down Hanging from a hovering Blackhawk helicopter, Eversmann was a full 70 feet above the streets of Mogadishu His goggles had broken, so his eyes chafed i... Black Hawk Down A Story of Modern War gives readers an impressively comprehensive look at the deplorably mismanaged U.S military raid in Mogadishu, Somalia on 3 October 1993 99 American troops, a force comprised predominately of Army Rangers and Delta Force operators, descended on the Bakara Market in order to capture two of Mohamed Farrah Aidid s valued lieutenants Aidid, a former Somali general, was head of the formidable Habr Gidr clan, then in control of the city To the U.S., as well as Black Hawk Down A Story of Modern War gives readers an impressively comprehensive look at the deplorably mismanaged U.S military raid in Mogadishu, Somalia on 3 October 1993 99 American troops, a force comprised predominately of Army Rangers and Delta Force operators, descended on the Bakara Market in order to capture two of Mohamed Farrah Aidid s valued lieutenants Aidid, a former Somali general, was head of the formidable Habr Gidr clan, then in control of the city To the U.S., as well as various other nations, Aidid was nothingthan a brutal warlord, a man effectively responsible for starv...Okay, first of all, I am not usually the person that likes war type books But, I have wanted to read this book for awhile I remember when this actually happened, but being a freshman in high school, I had bigger things going on Throughout this book, I kept asking myself who are these guys It amazes me what wonderful guys are serving my country I had to giggle when a group of men were holed up in a shack with many of the Somalians closing in on them, blood was seeping everywhere from Okay, first of all, I am not usually the person that likes war type books But, I have wanted to read this book for awhile I remember when this actually happened, but being a freshman in high school, I had bigger things going on Throughout this book, I kept asking myself who are these guys It amazes me what wonderful guys are serving my country I had to giggle when a group of men were holed up in a shack with many of the Somalians closing in on them, blood was seeping everywhere from everyone Stebbins who s foot has a golf ball size piece of metal in it is given a pain killer and a gun to protect out the window Medic says Here s a gun, you can guard this window okay says Stebbins But as your health care professional, I feel I should warn you that narcotics and fire arms don t mix I did cry get choked up throughout this book, either because of what was going on at the time and or hearing first hand accounts Then at the end, when the author is talking about how people quickly forgot what had happ...If Black Hawk Down was a war novel, it would definitely have a place among the very best of that genre Written with such intensity, this military history volume by journalist Mark Bowden, brilliantly captures every minute moments from one of the longest modern day infantry engagements When American soldiers were...First an apology I ve accidentally reviewed this book with two stars two years ago Not sure why I got confused Anyway, I ve done unjustice to a really excellent work of history and military biography, and now it is time to correct this.So please disregard any comments and thoughts on my behalf before Oct 2, 2017.Now, the ...This is one of those great books that you can t put down it reads like a novel, a fast paced narrative that can sometimes make you forget that it s a true life drama where real people die I enjoyed reading this book and it s nice to see an honest appraisal of a stuffed up mission, which was no fault of the men on the ground This is a well presented account of the men of the US Army Rangers and Delta Force troops involved in a mission to capture a pair of high ranking deputies to warlord Moham This is one of those great bo...The movie is a gore fest, but the book chronicles all the background intricacies that you can t find in a movie of course One highlight for me When I finished reading the book, my son, who was in Iraq at the time, told me he had met one of the men who survived this incident However, he also told me he met this man as he was being flown out for a cancer checkup This man who had escaped this brutal attack had cancer two years later After surviving that, he went on to go back into the Army a The movie is a gore fest, but the book chronicles all the background intricacies that you can t find in a movie of course One highlight for me When I finished reading the book, my son, who was in Iraq at the time, told me he had met one of the men who survived this incident However, he also told me he met this man as he was being flown out for a cancer checkup This man who had escaped t...Expertly done in so many ways.The chief drawback so many of the characters were interchangeable, it became very hard to keep them straight each time we returned to one.

• English
• 03 October 2017
Mark Bowden
• Hardcover
• 320 pages
• 0871137380
• Mark Bowden
• Black Hawk Down