12 Strong by Doug Stanton

12 Strong by Doug Stanton

OFFICIAL TIE-IN TO THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE 12 STRONG, STARRING CHRIS HEMSWORTH ‘Spellbinding true-life story . . . Reminiscent of Mark Bowden’s Black Hawk Down’ USA Today 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 horseback against the Taliban. Outnumbered forty to one, they pursued the enemy across the mountainous terrain and captured the city of Mazar-i-Sharif. The bone-weary American soldiers were welcomed as liberators, and the streets thronged with Afghans overjoyed that the Taliban regime had been overthrown. Then the action took a wholly unexpected turn. During a surrender of six hundred Taliban troops, the Horse Soldiers were ambushed. 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 were captured, their courageous effort to outmanoeuvre the Taliban was likely doomed . . .

A fascinating account. .This is not just a battle story-it's also about the home front. An important book'  * The Today Show *

Doug Stanton has travelled extensively as a contributing editor for the US Esquire, and other magazines. With his contacts in the Department of Defence, Pentagon, and various branches of the US military, Stanton is a subject matter expert in the areas of insurgency, counter-insurgency, and unconventional and civil wars.

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ISBN 13	9781471170829
ISBN 10	1471170829
Title	12 Strong
Author	Doug Stanton
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Simon & Schuster Ltd
Year published	2018-01-25
Number of pages	432
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