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   What is Black Hawk Down about?

   • Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War is a 1999 book by journalist Mark Bowden. It documents efforts by the Unified Task Force to capture Somali faction leader Mohamed Farrah Aidid in 1993, and the resulting battle in Mogadishu between United States forces and Aidid's militia.

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   What is Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden about?

   • Black Hawk Down is a harrowing account of a failed mission, resulting in a new era of US policy during the Clinton administration that emphasizes judiciousness when involving America’s military in foreign countries. Don't Miss Out! Thanks for exploring this SuperSummary Study Guide of “Black Hawk Down” by Mark Bowden.

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   What happened in Black Hawk Down?

   • Black Hawk Down is an account of a battle fought on October 23, 1993 in Mogadishu, Somalia and as Bowden says "it was one of the most one sided battles in American history." The Rangers and Delta fighters were up against unbelievable odds. As Bowden states the loss of life for Somalis was catastrophic .

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   Is Black Hawk Down based on a true story?

   • Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War is based on a series of 29 articles written by journalist Mark Bowden for The Philadelphia Inquirer. He did extensive research in US Army records, interviewed participants from both sides of the conflict, reviewed footage recorded by observation aircraft, and listened to recordings of radio traffic.

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   Is Black Hawk Down a good book?

   • The Battle of Mogadishu may not have been the finest hour of the American military, but Bowden’s Black Hawk Down is a fine tribute to the bravery of the men who fought on that day. It will take its place as one of the classic accounts of the horror and the exhilaration of combat. Booklist 95 (January 1, 1999): 822.

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   When did Black Hawk Down come out?

   • Bowden's minute-by-minute recounting of the battle, which began as a mission to snatch two top lieutenants of the Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid, first appeared as a twenty-nine-part series in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Two years later, in 1999, Black Hawk Down became a domestic and international bestseller.

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   Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War is a 1999 book by journalist Mark Bowden. It is a non-fiction account of the Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia, which resulted from US forces’ attempt to capture the two lieutenants of Mohamed Farrah Aidid, a warlord who oppressed the Somali people and stole their humanitarian aid.

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   A gripping account of the intense battle between U.S. forces and Somali street fighters in Mogadishu on October 3, 1993, in which eighteen American soldiers and an estimated five hundred Somalis...

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   Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War is a 1999 book by journalist Mark Bowden. It documents efforts by the Unified Task Force to capture Somali faction leader Mohamed Farrah Aidid in 1993, and the resulting battle in Mogadishu between United States forces and Aidid's militia.

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   Black Hawk Down opens with Staff Sergeant Matt Eversmann saying a Hail Mary before lifting off with a force of U.S. Army Rangers and Delta Force operators in a Black Hawk helicopter. Their mission is to capture two top lieutenants of the Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid.

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   Feb 10, 1999 · On October 3, 1993, about a hundred U.S. soldiers were dropped by helicopter into a teeming market in the heart of Mogadishu, Somalia, to abduct two top lieutenants of a Somali warlord. The action was supposed to take an hour.

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   Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War by journalist Mark Bowden tells the story of the Battle of Mogadishu, a bloody firefight that took place in Somalia in 1993 between United States military forces and Somali militia fighters.