Meanwhile, the UN had troops in Mogadishu too, but they mostly sat in their enclaves and did nothing unless forced or cajoled to act. The US got tired of this shit and sent in Rangers, Delta Force soldiers, and regular Army units, and began trying to take out Aidid. This worked until the moment the Marines withdrew, and then warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid went back to confiscating all food aid. In response, the US, with UN backing, sent in the Marines. As we know now, this was a mostly wasted effort - warlords seized all the food and used starvation as a weapon. It all started when the international community began sending food aid to starving Somalians. It reads like a novel but is an account of the actual battle of Mogadishu, which took place in 1993. This book is probably one of the best war memoirs written by someone who wasn't a soldier and wasn't there. He draws on his extensive interviews of participants from both sides - as well as classified combat video and radio transcripts - to bring their stories to life.Īuthoritative, gripping, and insightful, Black Hawk Down is a riveting look at the terror and exhilaration of combat destined to become a classic of war reporting. Award-winning literary journalist Mark Bowden's dramatic narrative captures this harrowing ordeal through the eyes of the young men who fought that day. The Somali toll was far worse more than five hundred felled and over a thousand wounded. When the unit was finally rescued the following morning, 18 American soldiers were dead and dozens more badly injured. Instead, they were pinned down through a long and terrible night, locked in a desperate struggle to kill or be killed. It was supposed to take them about an hour. Late in the afternoon of Sunday, October 3, 1993, the soldiers of Task Form Ranger were sent on a mission to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord and return to base. Special Forces and puts you in the middle of the most intense firelight American soldiers have fought since the Vietnam war. This is the story of war.īlack Hawk Down drops you into a crowded marketplace in the heart of Mogadishu, Somalia with the U.S. This is the story of how they got there - and how they fought their way out. Their ammunition and supplies are dwindling. As night falls, they are surrounded by thousands of enemy gunmen. Ninety-nine elite American soldiers are trapped in the middle of a hostile city.
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