by Eric Blehm
First published 2010
Eric Blehm follows Captain Jason Amerine and his Green Beret team into Afghanistan in the weeks following September 11th. The author chronicles how this small unit worked to defeat Taliban forces and install Hamid Karzai as the new leader. Blehm draws from interviews and military records to reconstruct the dangerous missions these soldiers undertook in hostile territory. The book reveals the tactical challenges and personal risks faced by American special forces during the early phase of the Afghan conflict. Former Congressman Charlie Wilson calls this account necessary reading for anyone seeking to understand the reality of American military operations in Afghanistan. Blehm, who previously wrote the award-winning The Last Season, delivers another detailed adventure narrative in the style of military chronicles like Black Hawk Down.
Genres: biography, adventure, military-history, american-history
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: based-on-true-events, military-operations
Setting: Afghanistan
Period: September 11th, Early Afghan Conflict
400 pages · Hardcover · Harper