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: English
title: Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
titlecomplete: Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
genres: Military History, History, Politics, American History, Somalia, Historical, Africa, War, Nonfiction, Military Fiction
ratings_count: 63008
places: Mogadishu
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Nonfiction
publisher: Demco Media