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LEADER: 02815cam a22005295i 4500
001 20728959
005 20181102111612.0
008 181101t20172009nyuaf b 000 0deng d
906 $a7$bcbc$ccopycat$d2$encip$f20$gy-gencatlg
925 0 $aacquire$b1 shelf copy$xpolicy default
955 $brf07 2018-11-01$irf07 2018-11-01 to BCCD
010 $a 2016449419
020 $a1501178512$q(paperback)
020 $a9781501178511$q(paperback)
020 $z9781416588238$q(ebook)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn981980120
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda
042 $apcc
043 $aa-af---$an-us---
050 00 $aDS371.412$b.S73 2017
082 04 $a958.1047
100 1 $aStanton, Doug,$eauthor.
240 10 $aHorse soldiers
245 10 $a12 strong :$bthe declassified true story of the horse soldiers /$cDoug Stanton.
246 3 $aTwelve strong
250 $aScribner trade paperback edition.
264 1 $aNew York, NY :$bScribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc.,$c[2017]
264 4 $c℗♭2009
300 $axx, 395 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c21 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $a"The amazing book that inspired the movie"--Cover.
500 $a"Previously published as Horse soldiers: the extraordinary story of a band of U.S. soldiers who rode to victory in Afghanistan"--Title page verso.
500 $aIncludes excerpt from Doug Stanton's "The odyssey of Echo Company: the 1968 TET offensive and the epic battle to survive the Vietnam War."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 385-395).
505 0 $aKey players -- Prologue: Uprising -- Part one: Going to war -- Part two: Horsemen, ride -- Part three: Danger close -- Part four: Gates of Mazar -- Part five: Ambush -- Epilogue.
520 $aDocuments 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.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy.$bSpecial Forces$xHistory$y21st century.
650 0 $aAfghan War, 2001-$xCavalry operations, American.
650 0 $aAfghan War, 2001-$xAerial operations, American.
650 0 $aAfghan War, 2001-$vPersonal narratives, American.
650 0 $aSpecial operations (Military science)$zAfghanistan$xHistory$y21st century.
650 0 $aSoldiers$zUnited States$xHistory$y21st century.
650 0 $aSoldiers$zAfghanistan$xHistory$y21st century.
650 0 $aUrban warfare$zAfghanistan$zMazar-i Sharif$xHistory$y21st century.
651 0 $aMazar-i Sharif (Afghanistan)$xHistory, Military$y21st century.