by Mark Bowden
First published 1999
In 1993, a team of elite US soldiers is dropped into the heart of Mogadishu on a routine mission to capture a Somali warlord. But what should have been a quick operation spirals into an all-night battle for survival as they find themselves surrounded by thousands of heavily armed Somalis. With casualties mounting and no rescue in sight, these soldiers must fight their way out of the city against impossible odds. A gripping, minute-by-minute account of modern warfare at its most intense and brutal.
Genres: historical-fiction, war, military-fiction, adventure, action, non-fiction
Vibes: fast-paced, gritty, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-allies, survival
Setting: Estados Unidos, Mogadishu, Mogadishu (Somalia), Mogadiscio (Somalie), Somalia, United States
Period: 1992-1995 (Intervention internationale), 1993, 20th century
386 pages · Paperback · Bantam Press
Content warnings: graphic-violence, war