Not a good day to die

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Award-winning combat reporter Sean Naylor reveals how close American forces came to disaster in Afghanistan against Al Qaida—after easily defeating the ragtag Taliban that had sheltered the terrorist organization behind the 9/11 attacks.At dawn on March 2, 2002, over two hundred soldiers of the 101st Airborne and 10th Mountain Divisions flew into the mouth of a buzz saw in Afghanistan's Shahikot Valley. Believing the war all but over, U.S. military leaders refused to commit the extra infantry, artillery, and attack helicopters required to fight the war's biggest battle— a missed opportunity to crush hundreds of Al Qaida's fighters and some of its most senior leaders. Eyewitness Naylor vividly portrays the heroism of the young, untested soldiers, the fanaticism of their ferocious enemy, the mistakes that led to a hellish mountaintop firefight, and how thirteen American commandos embodied "Patton's three principles of war"—audacity, audacity, and audacity—by creeping unseen over frozen mountains into the heart of an enemy stronghold to prevent a U.S. military catastrophe.

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Taal: en

Bindwijze: Hardcover

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 01 juni 2017

Aantal pagina's: 592

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Sean Naylor

Tweede Auteur: Sean Naylor

Hoofduitgeverij: Penguin Books Ltd

Originele titel: Not a Good Day to Die: The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda

Product breedte: 152 mm

Product hoogte: 25 mm

Product lengte: 222 mm

Studieboek: Ja

Verpakking breedte: 153 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 47 mm

Verpakking lengte: 234 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 1346 g

EAN: 9780718146597

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