{"product_id":"12-strong-the-declassified-true-story-of-the-horse-soldiers","title":"Doug Stanton: 12 Strong [2018] paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003eOFFICIAL TIE-IN TO THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE 1\u003ci\u003e2 STRONG, \u003c\/i\u003eSTARRING CHRIS HEMSWORTH\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Spellbinding true-life story . . . Reminiscent of Mark Bowden's Black Hawk Down' \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 12 Strong is the dramatic account of a small band of Special Forces soldiers who secretly entered Afghanistan following 9\/11 and rode to war on horseback against the Taliban. Outnumbered forty to one, they pursued the enemy across the mountainous terrain and captured the city of Mazar-i-Sharif.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The bone-weary American soldiers were welcomed as liberators, and the streets thronged with Afghans overjoyed that the Taliban regime had been overthrown. Then the action took a wholly unexpected turn. During a surrender of six hundred Taliban troops, the Horse Soldiers were ambushed. Dangerously overpowered, they fought for their lives in the city's immense fortress, Qala-i-Janghi, or the House of War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e At risk were the military gains of the entire campaign: if the soldiers were captured, their courageous effort to outmanoeuvre the Taliban was likely doomed . . .\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Stanton, Doug","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":49298916409683,"sku":"9781471170829","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":48737081753939,"sku":"XV81471170829","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/stanton-doug-doug-stanton-12-strong-2018-paperback-58565707792723.jpg?v=1727465000","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.pro\/products\/12-strong-the-declassified-true-story-of-the-horse-soldiers","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}