Gothic Serpent - Black Hawk Down Mogadishu 1993

Informationen zum Autor Clayton K.S. Chun, Ph.D., is on the U.S. Army War College faculty at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania where he teaches courses on national security, strategy, and economics. He completed a military career in the U.S. Air Force and has published work in the fields of national security, military history, and economics. Klappentext This book tells the story of Task Force Ranger - a unit of US Rangers and Special Forces - and their attempt to capture the lieutenants of the Somali warlord Muhamed Farrah Aideed, during the 1993 United Nations' humanitarian relief mission. What started as a simple snatch-and-grab mission quickly degenerated into a desperate battle for survival when US Black Hawk helicopters were struck by rocket-propelled grenades and crashed into the streets of Mogadishu. Racing to save the crew, Task Force Ranger was surrounded by mobs of hostile Somali gunmen. The battle in the city raged all night as the better-equipped and better-trained US forces kept the nearly overwhelming numbers of Somalis at bay. Finally, battered, bloodied, and low on ammunition, the Task Force was rescued by a combined UN and US relief force and extracted to safety. Containing detailed maps and declassified information, this is a dramatic retelling of a brutal battle that had a far-reaching impact on US military policy.A detailed study of the strategy and pitfalls of Operation Gothic Serpent in Somalia. Zusammenfassung Tells the story of Task Force Ranger - a unit of US Rangers and Special Forces - and their attempt to capture the lieutenants of the Somali warlord Muhamed Farrah Aideed, during the 1993 United Nations' humanitarian relief mission. Containing maps, this title offers a retelling of this battle that had far-reaching impact on US military policy.

Product details

• Authors: Clayton Chun, Clayton K. S. Chun
• Assisted by: Alan Gilliland (Illustration), Alan Gilliland (Photographs), Alan (B.E.V. illustrator) Gilliland (Illustration), Gilliland Alan (Illustration), Johnny Shumate (Illustration), Johnny (Illustrator) Shumate (Illustration), Shumate Johnny (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.05.2012
• EAN: 9781849085847
• ISBN: 978-1-84908-584-7
• No. of pages: 80
• Dimensions: 187 mm x 250 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Raid; Raid
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book; Somalia, HISTORY / Military / Special Forces, Warfare & defence, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, African History, Modern warfare, c 1990 to c 1999, Specific wars and campaigns, Battles and campaigns, Modern Warfare; Somalia