| Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of US Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan |  | Author: Doug Stanton
Publisher: Scribner
Category: eBooks
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Rating:  110 reviews
Sales Rank: 2,380
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Edition: 1
Pages: 416
Number Of Items: 1
Dewey Decimal Number: 958.1047
Publication Date: April 17, 2009
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Product Description
From bestselling author Doug Stanton, a harrowing, true-life tale of a band of American soldiers and their struggles and triumphs in Afghanistan
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A well-written adventure story September 3, 2010
Karl
At its heart, this is an adventure story, and a good one at that. The book chronicles the CIA and Special Forces teams that worked with the Northern Alliance to bring down the Taliban. Provides interesting detail on operations of the teams and how they integrated with the warlords of the Northern Alliance to break the Taliban's control of the country. Interwoven into the book is the story of John Lind (the American Taliban). Lind was one of a handful of 600 Taliban prisoners to survive the incredible battle that took place at the Qala-i-Janghi fortress. The sub-plot of the prisoners' uprising and the quelling of that uprising made for fascinating reading.
In addition to this being a page turner of a book, one also picks up tidbits about life in Afghanistan. Especially interesting were the insights into how the warlords worked to defeat the Taliban. Although the warlords won't be winning any Nobel Peace Prizes anytime soon, there are probably some pretty good lessons to be learned from them about how to go about defeating the enemy. So, besides being a good adventure story, the book contains some useful information for those interested in Afghanistan.
 Important story, however poorly written August 24, 2010
Harry M. Shin (Livermore, CA USA)
1. It's astounding and sad to read such poorly written books by apparent "journalists", especially when the story deserves so much better.
2. With the above being said, if one has the patience to sift through a poorly written book, then it's still worthwhile to read / learn about this important part of our recent military history.
 I liked it August 13, 2010
bkahlich
This is a great book. It really makes you think about what really goes on how our soldiers sacrifice for our country.
Extraordianry tale of courage. August 8, 2010
Tabby
The author succeeded in developing an easy to follow story line. This story is more than the cliche "band of brothers." It is a story that stirred several emotions in me, such as anger, sadness, anxious and humorous, sometimes in the same paragraph. At times, not often, the story rambled, but this was far and few moments. I recommend this book to anybody interested in the military events taken after 9/11.
Definite Keeper! July 21, 2010
Frequent Shopper (Indiana)
This was an excellent read that helps you appreciate the jobs our military men and women perform on a daily basis. It is well written, though a little heavy on military jargon. A book men and women both can appreciate.
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