Madness in Mogadishu

Commanding the 10th Mountain Division's Quick Reaction Company During Black Hawk Down

Michael Whetstone (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

272 Seiten

2015
Stackpole Books (Verlag)
978-0-8117-1573-7 (ISBN)

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On the afternoon of October 3, 1993, two Black Hawk helicopters were shot down over the Somali capital of Mogadishu, leaving a handful of U.S. Army Rangers and Delta Force operators at the mercy of several thousand approaching militants. Ordered to "go find the glow"--the burning wreckage--hard-charging Capt. Mike Whetstone, commander of a Quick Reaction Company in the 10th Mountain Division, led part of the convoy sent to rescue the survivors. This powerfully vivid story of modern war is the intense firsthand account of the mission to find the crash site and retrieve the downed soldiers.

* Raw descriptions of urban combat in the labyrinthine streets and shantytowns of Mogadishu

* Complements the bestselling book and Oscar-winning movie Black Hawk Down, which recounts these events primarily from the perspective of the Rangers and Delta Force

* Presents battle-tested lessons for young leaders

Michael Whetstone remained in the U.S. Army after Somalia and retired as a lieutenant colonel after service in Afghanistan. For his actions in Mogadishu, he received the Silver Star. He currently heads scenario development for a defense contractor, providing live and virtual combat-training support to the U.S. Army’s Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk. He lives in Leesville, Louisiana.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.7.2015
Zusatzinfo	23
Verlagsort	Mechanicsburg
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-8117-1573-6 / 0811715736
ISBN-13	978-0-8117-1573-7 / 9780811715737
Zustand	Neuware