pp 400; Age Level 18 and up; Paperback in very good condition; Clean pages; Light edgewear esp at outer corners; Sticker on the back coverMark Bowden?s brilliant account of the longest sustained firefight involving American troops since the Vietnam War. On October 3, 1993, about a hundred elite U.S. soldiers were dropped by helicopter into the teeming market in the heart of Mogadishu, Somalia. Their mission was to abduct two top lieutenants of a Somali warlord and return to base. It was supposed to take an hour. Instead, they found themselves pinned down through a long and terrible night figh... View More...
