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12 Strong - The Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers

By: Simon & Schuster

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Historical & Reference Books (Simon & Schuster)


Product Info

Title
12 Strong - The Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers
Publisher
Category
Author
Doug Stanton
Publish Year
2017
Pages
432
Dimensions
5.5x8.5x1"
NKG Part #
2148162216
Type
Novel - Softcover

Description

Previously published as Horse Soldiers, 12 Strong is the dramatic account of a small band of Special Forces soldiers who secretly entered Afghanistan following 9/11 and rode to war on horses against the Taliban. Outnumbered forty to one, they pursued the enemy army across the mountainous Afghanistan terrain and, after a series of intense battles, captured the city of Mazar-i-Sharif. The bone-weary American soldiers were welcomed as liberators as they rode into the city. Then the action took a wholly unexpected turn.

During a surrender of six hundred Taliban troops, the Horse Soldiers were ambushed by the would-be POWs. Dangerously overpowered, they fought for their lives in the city’s immense fortress, Qala-i-Janghi, or the House of War. At risk were the military gains of the entire campaign: if the soldiers perished or were captured, the entire effort to outmaneuver the Taliban was likely doomed.