Black Hawk Down

Abridged
Author: Mark Bowden
Narrator: Joe Morton
Genres: History
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date: January 2002
Length: 5 hours
Ratings:
  • Book Rating: 4/5
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Overview

From acclaimed director Ridley Scott and renowned producer Jerry Bruckheimer comes a riveting motion picture scripted by Ken Nolan as depicted in this bestselling audiobook by author Mark Bowden. Based on actual events, Black Hawk Down is the heroic account of a group of elite U.S. soldiers sent into Mogadishu, Somalia in 1993 as part of a U.N. peacekeeping operation. Their mission: to capture several top lieutenants of the Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid, as part of a strategy to quell the civil war and famine that is ravaging the country.

Young Rangers and veteran Delta Force soldiers fight side by side against overwhelming odds. For eighteen harrowing hours, they remain trapped and wounded in the most hostile district of Mogadishu until a rescue convoy can be mounted to retrieve them. Outnumbered and surrounded, tensions flare, friends are lost, alliances are formed, and soldiers learn the true nature of war and heroism.

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Black Hawk Down

by Anonymous
  • Book Rating: 3/5

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Black Hawk Down

Written by Anonymous from Baltimore, MD on September 5th, 2008

  • Book Rating: 3/5

This is a detail oriented book, therefore, the abridged version is inadequate. It's not such a long book. Insist on the full version.

Fantastic

Written by Anonymous from Atlanta, GA on August 29th, 2005

  • Book Rating: 5/5

A great listen! Well done - made the miles fly by as I sat in traffic!

I'm impressed...

Written by Roger Baisden from Minneapolis, MN on August 11th, 2005

  • Book Rating: 4/5

I didn't really expect that a book completely based on a single combat action experience (ie I shot at this, then ran over here and a bullet whizzed by me) could hold my attention for hours, but the author did an amazing job at keeping me interested and on the edge of my seat..

Black Hawk Down

Written by Daniel Wainwright from Fresno, CA on November 16th, 2004

  • Book Rating: 5/5

Very good book. Keeps you on the edge of your seat. Amazing how a battle situation can turn in a matter of moments and how a few minor human mistakes and/or events can have such a huge impact.

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Black Hawk Down

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  • Book Rating: 3/5

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Author Details

Author Details

Bowden, Mark

" Mark Bowden is the author of BRINGING THE HEAT and DOCTOR DEALER, as well as a reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer. He has also written for Men?s Journal, Sports Illustrated and Rolling Stone. The original series of articles which became BLACK HAWK DOWN earned him the Overseas Press Club's Hal Boyle Award. He lives in Philadelphia."