02444cam a2200457 i 4500 339287559 TxAuBib 20180205120000.0 171208t20172009||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2017051328 9781501178511 1501178512 TxAuBib rda Stanton, Doug,. Horse soldiers. 12 strong : the declassified true story of the horse soldiers / Doug Stanton. Twelve strong. Scribner trade paperback edition. New York : Scribner, 2017. ℗2009. xx, 395 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "The story that inspired the movie.". "Previously published as Horse Soldiers: the extraordinary story of a band of U.S. soldiers who rode to victory in Afghanistan.". Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-395). "Previously published as Horse Soldiers, 12 Strong is the dramatic account of a small band of Special Forces soldiers who secretly entered Afghanistan following 9/11 and rode to war on horses against the Taliban. Outnumbered forty to one, they pursued the enemy army across the mountainous Afghanistan terrain and, after a series of intense battles, captured the city of Mazar-i-Sharif. The bone-weary American soldiers were welcomed as liberators as they rode into the city. Then the action took a wholly unexpected turn"--Amazon.com. 20180205. United States Army Special Forces History 21st century. Afghan War, 2001- Cavalry operations, American. Afghan War, 2001- Aerial operations, American. Afghan War, 2001- Personal narratives, American. Special operations (Military science) Afghanistan History 21st century. Soldiers United States History 21st century. Soldiers Afghanistan History 21st century. Urban warfare Afghanistan Mazār-i Sharīf History 21st century. Mazār-i Sharīf (Afghanistan) History, Military 21st century. Nonfiction. Stanton, Doug., New York : Scribner, 2009.