12 strong
Subtitle: the declassified true story of the horse soldiers
By: Doug Stanton
Edition: Scribner trade paperback edition.
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 395
ISBN-13: 9781501178511; 9781416588238
Copyright date: 2009
Subjects: Urban warfare; Military History; United States. Army. Special Forces; American Cavalry operations; United States; American Personal narratives; American Aerial operations; Soldiers; Afghan War, 2001-; Special operations (Military science); History
Other titles: Twelve strong
Work titles: Horse soldiers
Description: Documents the post-September 11 mission during which a small band of Special Forces soldiers captured the strategic Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif as part of an effort to defeat the Taliban, in a dramatic account that includes testimonies by Afghanistan citizens whose lives were changed by the war.
Notes: "The amazing book that inspired the movie"--Cover.

"Previously published as Horse soldiers: the extraordinary story of a band of U.S. soldiers who rode to victory in Afghanistan"--Title page verso.

Includes excerpt from Doug Stanton's "The odyssey of Echo Company: the 1968 TET offensive and the epic battle to survive the Vietnam War."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-395).
Table of contents: title: Key players; title: Prologue: Uprising; title: Part one: Going to war; title: Part two: Horsemen, ride; title: Part three: Danger close; title: Part four: Gates of Mazar; title: Part five: Ambush; title: Epilogue.