Black Hawk down / Bowden, Mark

In October 1993, nearly one hundred elite U.S. troops dropped by helicopter into a teeming market in the heart of Somalia. Their mission was supposed to take an hour. Instead they were pinned down through the night, fighting thousands of heavily armed Somalis. The following morning eighteen Americans were dead and more than seventy had been badly injured.

Chronicles the experiences of ninety-nine American soldiers who were trapped in the city of Mogadishu, Somalia in 1993.

Chronicles the experiences of ninety-nine American soldiers who were trapped in the city of Mogadishu, Somalia in 1993.

Chronicles the experiences of ninety-nine American soldiers who were trapped in the city of Mogadishu, Somalia in 1993.

Chronicles the experiences of ninety-nine American soldiers who were trapped in the city of Mogadishu, Somalia in 1993.