The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor - Brossura

Tapper, Jake

Brossura

ISBN 10: 031618540X ISBN 13: 9780316185400

Casa editrice: Back Bay, 2013

Riassunto

At 5:58 AM on October 3rd, 2009, Combat Outpost Keating, located in frighteningly vulnerable terrain in Afghanistan just 14 miles from the Pakistani border, was viciously attacked. Though the 53 Americans there prevailed against nearly 400 Taliban fighters, their casualties made it the deadliest fight of the war for the U.S. that year. Four months after the battle, a Pentagon review revealed that there was no reason for the troops at Keating to have been there in the first place.

In THE OUTPOST, Jake Tapper gives us the powerful saga of COP Keating, from its establishment to eventual destruction, introducing us to an unforgettable cast of soldiers and their families, and to a place and war that has remained profoundly distant to most Americans. A runaway bestseller, it makes a savage war real, and American courage manifest.

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Recensione:

Analyzing the consequences of decisions, large and small, is what makes Tapper's book so important...for those wishing to understand the middle years of the war, they could do no better than to read THE OUTPOST (Time Time)

Descrizione del libro:

The heartbreaking and inspiring story of one of America's deadliest battles during the war in Afghanistan, acclaimed by critics everywhere as a classic.

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• Editore: Back Bay
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 031618540X
• ISBN 13: 9780316185400
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 688