The soldiers' mission was to seize two lieutenants of a powerful Somali warlord. He sees the Mogadishu engagement as a portent of a disturbing future. But Bowden's gripping narrative of the fighting is only a framework for an examination of the internal dynamics of America's elite forces and a critique of the philosophy of sending such high-tech units into combat with minimal support.
Bowden (Bringing the Heat) has used his journalistic skills to find and interview key participants on both sides of the October 1993 raid into the heart of Mogadishu, Somalia, a raid that quickly became the most intensive close combat Americans have engaged in since the Vietnam War. This is military writing at its breathless best.
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