Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
- ISBN-10
- 0871137380
- ISBN-13
- 9780871137388
- Series
- Black Hawk Down
- Category
- History / Military / General
- Pages
- 386
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Atlantic Monthly Press
- Author
- Mark Bowden
Description
"Mark Bowden's dramatic narrative captures this harrowing ordeal through the eyes of the young men who fought that day. He draws on his extensive interviews of participants from both sides - as well as classified combat video and radio transcripts - to bring their stories to life. A Black Hawk pilot is shot down and besieged by an angry mob, then saved by Somalis who plan to ransom him to the local warlord. A medic desperately tries to keep his grievously wounded friend alive long enough to be evacuated - only to have him bleed to death in his arms. The company clerk, who is the butt of jokes in the barracks, rises to the task and performs extraordinary feats of valor."--BOOK JACKET.
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