MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02109cam a2200385 a 4500
001 2009012161
003 DLC
005 20100406121153.0
008 090325s2009 miuaf edb 000 0deng
010 $a 2009012161
020 $a9781410417206 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a1410417204 (hardcover : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn317361812
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBTCTA$dGK8$dIK2$dMPC$dIHV$dLF3$dDLC
043 $aa-af---$an-us---
050 10 $aDS371.412$b.S73 2009
100 1 $aStanton, Doug.
245 10 $aHorse soldiers :$bthe extraordinary story of a band of U.S. soldiers who rode to victory in Afghanistan /$cDoug Stanton.
250 $aLarge print ed.
260 $aDetroit :$bThorndike Press,$c2009.
300 $a771 p. (large print), [8] p. of plates :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
490 1 $aThorndike Press large print nonfiction
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 739-767).
520 $aFollowing 9/11, a small band of Special Forces soldiers secretly entered Afghanistan and rode to war on horseback against the Taliban. Outnumbered forty to one, they pursued the enemy across the mountainous terrain and captured the strategic city of Mazari-Sharif. The bone-weary Americans were welcomed as liberators, and overjoyed Afghans thronged the streets. Then the action took an unexpected turn: the Horse Soldiers were ambushed.
650 0 $aAfghan War, 2001-$xCavalry operations, American.
650 0 $aAfghan War, 2001-$xAerial operations, American.
650 0 $aAfghan War, 2001-$vPersonal narratives, American.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy.$bSpecial Forces$xHistory$y21st century.
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$zMazār-i Sharīf$xHistory$y21st century.
651 0 $aMazār-i Sharīf (Afghanistan)$xHistory, Military$y21st century.
655 0 $aLarge type books.
830 0 $aThorndike Press large print nonfiction series.