Thorndike Paperback Bestsellers: Horse Soldiers : The Extraordinary Story of a Band of U.S. Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan (Paperback)

from akreese

Horse Soldiers is the story of the first group of Special Forces soldiers to arrive in Afghanistan; the story of those who prepared the way for the arrival of the rest of the US troops. Their goal was to utilize and incorporate the existing rebel Afghan troops in the defense against the Taliban. ...

from jmcilree

A fast and interesting read on the role Special Forces played in the defeat of the Taliban in Afghanistan immediately following 9/11. Many details are left out in order to focus on a dozen or so soldiers specific roles in the War. Well done.

from IdahoTaterBug

While there were parts that seemed a bit too full of words, overall it was a well done. Informative of the events that took place following the 9/11 attacks, following a group of SF and CIA agents that were injected into Afghanistan. The amount of time these soldiers spent with the residents of t...

from kr04bps

Doug Stanton asserts that wars in the 21st century will require as much diplomacy from soldiers as knowledge of warfare. His work narrates the compelling story of a small group of American Special Forces soldiers who fignt alongside anti-Taliban Afghanis in the weeks after 9/11, combining advance...

from sgtbigg

Stanton documents the actions of U.S. Special Forces soldiers who entered Afghanistan in October 2001 with the mission of assisting Northern Alliance forces in their battle against the Taliban. The description of 21st Century horse cavalry charges alone are worth reading the book for. Besides the...