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12 Strong : the Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers by Doug Stanton [Stanton, Doug] is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

What is 12 Strong : the Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers about?

"A thrilling action ride of a book" (The New York Times Book Review)?from Jerry Bruckheimer in theaters everywhere January 19, 2018?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. 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. 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. The bone-weary American soldiers were welcomed as liberators as they rode into the city. Then the action took a wholly unexpected turn. During a surrender of six hundred Taliban troops, the Horse Soldiers were ambushed by the would-be POWs. Dangerously overpowered, they fought for their lives in the city's immense fortress, Qala-i-Janghi, or the House of War. 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. "A r

Who reads 12 Strong : the Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers?

Author

Doug Stanton [Stanton, Doug]

Publisher

Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9781416580515

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, Memoir, Science

Rating

4.6 / 5 (1,010 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14