Stanton, Doug, <br/><br/>
12 STRONG :  THE DECLASSIFIED TRUE STORY OF THE HORSE SOLDIERS / 
 Twelve strong  
DOUG STANTON 
 - Scribner trade paperback edition. 
 - xx, 395 pages, [8] pages of plates :   illustrations, photographs, maps ;   21 cm. 
<br/><br/> The amazing book that inspired the movie" -- cover.<br/>  "Previously published as Horse soldiers: the extraordinary story of a band of U.S. soldiers who rode to victory in Afghanistan"--Title page verso.  Includes excerpt from Doug Stanton's "The odyssey of Echo Company: the 1968 TET offensive and the epic battle to survive the Vietnam War". 
<br/><br/> Documents the post-September 11 mission during which a small band of Special Forces soldiers captured the strategic Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif as part of an effort to defeat the Taliban, in a dramatic account that includes testimonies by Afghanistan citizens whose lives were changed by the war. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781501178511  RM 24.90 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/> United States. Army. Special Forces --History --21st century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/> Afghan War, 2001- ---Cavalry operations, American. <br/>Afghan War, 2001---Aerial operations, American. <br/>Afghan War, 2001---Personal narratives, American. <br/>Special operations (Military science)--History --Afghanistan--21st century.<br/> Soldiers --History--United States --21st century. <br/>Soldiers --History --Afghanistan--21st century. <br/>Urban warfare--History--Afghanistan --Mazār-i Sharīf --21st century.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>958.1047