In the Company of Heroes

By Michael J. Durant, Steven Hartov,

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In the autumn of 1993, American special forces were dispatched to the famine-stricken land of Somalia. Their intervention in this war-torn country was the most dramatic US military action since Vietnam. A routine mission went horribly wrong when Michael Durant's Black Hawk helicopter was shot down over Mogadishu and he…

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1 author picked In the Company of Heroes as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I’m a big fan of the book and the movie Black Hawk Down, but in my view, Mr. Durant’s true story of what he experienced that day wins; some will say one of the most harrowing in American military history.

Perhaps he’s piloting a Blackhawk, which is why I found it captivating, or one can read his experiences after watching the movie and put it all together. He did a good job, both crashing his helicopter and writing.

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