Author Fisher is a former FBI agent and professor of criminal justice. He gives us a seldom-allowed peek into the Amish community, its religious and social mores, and helps us understand how Gingerich could have gotten to critical mass. A fascinating page-turner and highly recommended. As President Clinton prepares to leave office, a review of an event early in his presidency proves very interesting. Designed to make a captive snatch in under 30 minutes, disaster happens when two helicopters are shot down and the 30 minutes turns into 15 hours.
Ground forces rush to surround the injured and dead pilots.
The soldiers learn that they have to shoot their way out to safety. The book tells of individual courage and tragedy from the survivors' perspectives. The men, some as young as 19, realize they must kill or be killed, and this is their story. The firefight, or as the Somalis call it, The Day of the Rangers, is one that America has preferred to forget. Eighteen Americans died with 73 wounded.