The Battle of Mogadishu: Firsthand Accounts from the Men of Task Force Ranger - Hardcover

 
9780345459657: The Battle of Mogadishu: Firsthand Accounts from the Men of Task Force Ranger
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0345459652 ISBN 13: 9780345459657
Verlag: Presidio Press, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

`No matter how skilled the writer of nonfiction, you are always getting the story secondhand. Here’s a chance to go right to the source . . . These men were there . . . For fans of Black Hawk Down, this is the real deal.’ – Mark Bowden •The dramatic story of the elite Ranger mission to capture the Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid •Told by six men who fought there •With a Foreword by the author of Black Hawk Down On Sunday October 3 1993, US special-forces troops in Mogadishu attempted to capture the Samali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid. As they descended from their Blackhawk helicopters onto the streets of the town, Somali gunmen, who were waiting for them, opened fire from three directions. The US troops sought cover and settled in for a wild fire fight. Their mission was to go down in history as the fiercest ground combat seen by American forces since the 1968 Tet offensive in Vietnam. This blow-by-blow account, written by six of the highly trained soldiers who were there, sheds new light on the events of the two-day battle in Mogadishu that left eighteen American servicemen dead and many more wounded. Battle of Mogadishu is a must-have for fans of the Black Hawk Down story, military-history readers, and those interested in US troops fighting abroad.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Dan Schilling: As a combat controller, he was one of the original planners for the deployment of SOF forces to Mogadishu in the spring of 1993. During the battle, he survived the initial assault and carnage of the vehicle convoys only to return to the city to rescue his two closest friends, becoming, literally, “Last Out.”

Matt Eversmann: As a “chalk” leader, Eversmann was part of the first group of Rangers to “fast rope” from the Black Hawk helicopters. It was his chalk that suffered the first casualty of the battle.

Aus dem Klappentext

No matter how skilled the writer of nonfiction, you are always getting the story secondhand. Here s a chance to go right to the source. . . . These men were there.
MARK BOWDEN (from the Foreword)

It started as a mission to capture a Somali warlord. It turned into a disastrous urban firefight and death-defying rescue operation that shocked the world and rattled a great nation. Now the 1993 battle for Mogadishu, Somalia the incident that was the basis of the book and film Black Hawk Down is remembered by the men who fought and survived it. Six of the best in our military recall their brutal experiences and brave contributions in these never-before-published, firstperson accounts.

Operation Gothic Serpent, by Matt Eversmann: As a chalk leader, Eversmann was part of the first group of Rangers to fast rope from the Black Hawk helicopters. It was his chalk that suffered the first casualty of the battle.

Sua Sponte: Of Their Own Accord, by Raleigh Cash: Responsible for controlling and directing fire support for the platoon, Cash entered the raging battle in the ground convoy sent to rescue his besieged brothers in arms.

Through My Eyes, by Mike Kurth: One of only two African Americans in the battle, Kurth confronted his buddies deaths, realizing that the only people whom I had let get anywhere near me since I was a child were gone.

What Was Left Behind, by John Belman: He roped into the biggest firefight of the battle and considers some of the mistakes that were made, such as using Black Hawk helicopters to provide sniper cover.

Be Careful What You Wish For, by Tim Wilkinson: He was one of the Air Force pararescuemen or PJs the highly trained specialists for whom That Others May Live is no catchphrase but a credo and sums up his incomprehensible courage as just holding up my end of the deal on a bad day.

On Friendship and Firefights, by Dan Schilling: As a combat controller, he was one of the original planners for the deployment of SOF forces to Mogadishu in the spring of 1993. During the battle, he survived the initial assault and carnage of the vehicle convoys only to return to the city to rescue his two closest friends, becoming, literally, Last Out.

With America s withdrawal from Somalia an oft-cited incitement to Osama bin Laden, it is imperative to revisit this seminal military mission and learn its lessons from the men who were there and, amazingly, are still here.

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Verlag
Presidio Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2004
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0345459652
ISBN 13 
9780345459657
Einband
Tapa dura
Anzahl der Seiten
272
Herausgeber
Schilling Dan, Eversmann Matt
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