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Mark Bowden - Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War: Into the Hornets’ Nest: Black Hawk Down

Wed, 5 Nov 2003 18:48:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author George_Chabot - When the first bullet goes by your head, politics and all that other &^%$ goes right out the window. ”Irene,” crackled over the radio headset. “&^%$* Irene,” relayed CWO Mike Durant to the crew and passenger...

Mark Bowden - Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War: Read This For an Insight Into Modern War

Thu, 31 Jan 2002 18:35:06 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author scottyeck - Perhaps no other book takes you to the modern battlefield and immerses you in the sights and sounds, the emotions and the personalities, like Black Hawk Down does.

This is the story of an elite group of Rangers and Delta Force soldiers who are...

Mark Bowden - Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War: "DAY OF THE RANGER, NIGHT OF THE FUBAR"

Thu, 24 Jan 2002 20:26:35 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author JAMES23 - I was about eighteen when I met my first Ranger. My unit had gone down to Fort Lewis Washington to conduct training with the US Army. It was something that we looked forward to with mixed feelings. On the one hand we would have ample time to visit the...

Mark Bowden - Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War: Heroes in a Forgotten Battle

Sun, 20 Jan 2002 00:19:58 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author JBduckling - I received "Black Hawk Down" as a Christmas gift. Frankly, all I could remember about the 1993 battle in Mogadishu, Somalia, it was a peace keeping, UN mission gone awry. I truly had forgotten about this battle. However, through the magic reporting...

Mark Bowden - Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War: An Account of Americans in Combat

Sun, 13 Jan 2002 01:29:45 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author magnatran - I picked up this book before leaving on a trip to read on the plane. I wasn't sure if I would like the book, but it came highly recommended from a friend, so I thought I'd give it a try. I don't read very often, but I've enjoyed all of Tom Clancy's...

Mark Bowden - Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War: Black Hawks, Delta Force, Army Rangers, its all here

Fri, 9 Nov 2001 21:34:03 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author wyowriter - Mark Bowden's Black Hawk Down, is an account of American special forces' missions in Somolia in 1993.

After seeing an interview with the author on ABC News, I immediately read this book and loved it. The book has incredible detail that places...

Mark Bowden - Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War: Gripping, but suspect

Thu, 25 Oct 2001 12:21:45 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bec204 - Bowden's account of the Battle of the Black Sea fulfills the author's main goal, which was to write a true war story in the form of a novel. The book does read like fiction. It's compelling, captivating, and at times difficult to put down. It paints an...

Mark Bowden - Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War: Simply the best book I've ever read.

Thu, 23 Nov 2000 20:51:20 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jaydigital - Black Hawk Down is simply the best book I've ever read. From the first page I was completely immersed in this epic. The story starts strong and never lets up.

The main appeal I found to this work was the perspective the author took on the...

Mark Bowden - Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War: Who needs Tom Clancy or Dale Brown?

Wed, 6 Sep 2000 01:40:31 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author NFP - Mark Bowden's gripping account of a little-publicized raid by some of America's best-trained fighting men in Somalia in 1993 is compelling and disturbing. It manages in objective journalistic style to both make you admire raw individual and collective...

Mark Bowden - Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War: Night Stalkers Don't Quit

Thu, 13 Jul 2000 12:24:52 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sionna - I could, if I tried, probably think of a handful of books that I’ve read that have moved this old goat to go misty. Certainly, history is not a genre, that emotes the frustration and tears I felt after reading Mark Bowden’s “Black Hawk Down: A Story...

Mark Bowden - Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War: Ma-Alinti Rangers

Thu, 6 Jul 2000 05:05:18 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Wolfhound - "Whoever does not have the stomach for this fight, let him depart. Give him money to speed his departure since we wish not to die in that mans company. Whoever lives past today and comes home safely will raise himself every year this day, show...

Mark Bowden - Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War: THE BIGGEST FIREFIGHT INVOLVING AMERICAN SOLDERS SINCE NAM!

Tue, 25 Apr 2000 03:33:22 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kalujack - This book is well written and thoroughly researched on the battle of Mogadshu Somalia, October 3&4 1993. Mr Bowen is a reporter, he interviewed many of the Rangers and some of the Delta Force operators (this has to be impossible because Delta Forces...

Mark Bowden - Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War: Remembering The Fallen

Sat, 8 Apr 2000 15:47:44 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Hightower - Mark Bowden helped bring back what happened in Somalia October 3-4,1993. It all tells the story of Task Force Ranger dealing with Army Rangers,Army Delta,SEALS,10th Mountain Division,and a combat unit from the Airforce.

The only reason I...

Mark Bowden - Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War: Excruciatingly vivid

Fri, 24 Mar 2000 01:12:56 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Idahoboy - I don't normally buy paperbacks so this was a departure for me; one that I certainly don't regret. As a child of the Vietnam era and an avid reader of its fiction and nonfiction writing, I did not expect to find a modern-era "war" read that...

Mark Bowden - Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War: War as seen by the GI

Thu, 6 Jan 2000 01:26:14 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jimNtexas - "Blackhawk Down" is an account of "Bloody Sunday", a battle between Americans and Somalis that occurred on Sunday, October 3, 1993. Eighteen Americans and over 500 Somalis died. This blurb on the bookjacket understates the impact of...

Mark Bowden - Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War: A Thrilling Book

Fri, 5 Nov 1999 12:07:59 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mightyspear1 - I approached Black Hawk Down with some skepticism. I usually read more difficult books, and in fact I had never read a military book. My apprehension was gone by the time I got to the second chapter. Bowden does an impressive job of introducing us to a...

Mark Bowden - Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War: The closest to war you'll ever want to get

Fri, 29 Oct 1999 16:49:19 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author icekareem - I caught an interview with the author, Mark Bowden, and thought the book was worth a look.

He does an excellent job of immersing the reader in America's worst fire fight since Vietnam. By obtaining hundreds of first hand accounts of both American...

Mark Bowden - Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War: Modern War 101

Sat, 25 Sep 1999 10:28:25 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author BigMonkey - Anyone who gives a hoot about America's ongoing geo-political struggles--which too often seem to be accompanied by the deployment of U.S. troops--needs to read this book.

"Black Hawk Down" is a comprehensive, from-the-bottom up account of an...