Book Description"Durant"s experience is one of the most harrowing in the history of the American military, and one of the most compelling ever told." -from the introduction by Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down Piloting a U.S. Army Special Operations Blackhawk over Somalia, Michael Durant was shot down and taken prisoner.
Held captive for 11 days by a seemingly backward yet media-savvy people, Durant endured treatment both horrifying and increasingly bizarre. His experience crystallized a clash of cultures by turns frightening, melancholy, hilarious, and strangely familiar.Download Description"Michael Durant the U.S. Army helicopter pilot captured in Somalia (and who was an integral part of the dramatic story chronicled in Black Hawk Down),tells his personal story of his involvement in the events of October 1993. His battered face appeared on the cover of Time, Newsweek and U.S. News & World Report to the shock and horror of all Americans. Black Hawk pilot Mike Durant was shot down and taken prisoner during America"s biggest firefight since the Vietnam War. Published in the tenth anniversary year of the Somali conflict, this gripping personal account at last tells the world about Durant"s harrowing captivity and the heroic deeds of his doomed comrades. And, as readers will discover, Durant proves himself to be nothing less than a hero." Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге In the Company of Heroes (Michael J. Durant)