num_pages: 412
description: Recounts a 1993 firefight in Mogadishu, Somalia, that resulted in the deaths of eighteen Americans and more than five hundred Somalis, examining the rationales behind the disastrous raid.
language: Spanish; Castilian
title: La Caida del Halcon Negro
titlecomplete: La Caida del Halcon Negro
genres: Politics, Historical, Africa, Somalia, Military Fiction, American History, War, Nonfiction, History, Military History
ratings_count: 63004
places: Mogadishu
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Nonfiction
publisher: Oceano De Mexico