From the bestselling author of In Harm\'s Way comes a spectacular, harrowing, true-life soldiers\' tale of struggle and triumph in the wake of the September 11 attacks.
With spellbinding...action packed prose...
The book reads more like a novel than a military history...the Horse Soldier\'s secret mission remains the US military\'s finest moment in what has since arguably been a muddled war ( USA TODAY )..
Moreover, their careful effort to win the hearts of local townspeople proved a valuable lesson for America\'s ongoing efforts in Afghanistan.
The Soldiers on horses combined ancient strategies of cavalry warfare with twenty-first-century aerial bombardment technology to perform a seemingly impossible feat.
A riveting Story of the brave and resourceful American warriors who rode into Afghanistan after 9/11 and waged war against Al Qaeda (Tom Brokaw), Doug Stanton\'s account touches the mythic.
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.
Dangerously overpowered, they fought for their lives in the city\'s immense fortress, Qala-i-Janghi, or the House of War.
During a surrender of six hundred Taliban troops, the Horse Soldiers were ambushed by the would-be POWs.
Then the action took a wholly unexpected turn.
The bone-weary American Soldiers were welcomed as liberators as they rode into the city.
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.
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.
Now a major motion picture from Jerry Bruckheimer in theaters everywhere A thrilling action ride of a book ( The New York Times Book Review )--the New York Times bestselling, true-life account of a US Special Forces team deployed to dangerous, war-ridden Afghanistan in the weeks following 9/11. b&w photographs.
From the bestselling author of In Harm\'s Way comes a spectacular, harrowing, true-life soldiers\' tale of struggle and triumph in the wake of the September 11 attacks
