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Chosen Few

Gregg Zoroya
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      The never-before-told story of one of the most decorated units in the war in Afghanistan and its fifteen-month ordeal that culminated in the 2008 Battle of Wanat, the war's deadliestA single company of US paratroopers--calling themselves the "Chosen Few"--arrived in eastern Afghanistan in late 2007 hoping to win the hearts and minds of the remote mountain people and extend the Afghan government's reach into this wilderness. Instead, they spent the next fifteen months in a desperate struggle, living under almost continuous attack, forced into a slow and grinding withdrawal, and always outnumbered by Taliban fighters descending on them from all sides.Month after month, rocket-propelled grenades, rockets, and machine-gun fire poured down on the isolated and exposed paratroopers as America's focus and military resources shifted to Iraq. Just weeks before the paratroopers were to go home, they faced their last--and toughest--fight. Near the village of Wanat in Nuristan province, an estimated three hundred enemy fighters surrounded about fifty of the Chosen Few and others defending a partially finished combat base. Nine died and more than two dozen were wounded that day in July 2008, making it arguably the bloodiest battle of the war in Afghanistan.The Chosen Few would return home tempered by war. Two among them would receive the Medal of Honor. All of them would be forever changed.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Gregg Zoroya EAN: 9780306824838 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 578 g HEIGHT: 228 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Hachette Books DATE PUBLISHED: 2017-05-04 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / Military / Special Forces, HISTORY / Military / Afghan War (2001-) WIDTH: 164 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Afghanistan, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, History and Archaeology, Modern warfare, Specific wars and campaigns, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts

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      Gregg Zoroya is an award-winning journalist at USA Today, where he has written about the impact of war on troops and issues related to the care of veterans. He has traveled nearly twenty times into war zones in the Middle East and South Asia and has recently joined the editorial board for USA Today. Zoroya lives near Washington, DC.
      The never-before-told story of one of the most decorated units in the war in Afghanistan and its fifteen-month ordeal that culminated in the 2008 Battle of Wanat, the war's deadliestA single company of US paratroopers--calling themselves the "Chosen Few"--arrived in eastern Afghanistan in late 2007 hoping to win the hearts and minds of the remote mountain people and extend the Afghan government's reach into this wilderness. Instead, they spent the next fifteen months in a desperate struggle, living under almost continuous attack, forced into a slow and grinding withdrawal, and always outnumbered by Taliban fighters descending on them from all sides.Month after month, rocket-propelled grenades, rockets, and machine-gun fire poured down on the isolated and exposed paratroopers as America's focus and military resources shifted to Iraq. Just weeks before the paratroopers were to go home, they faced their last--and toughest--fight. Near the village of Wanat in Nuristan province, an estimated three hundred enemy fighters surrounded about fifty of the Chosen Few and others defending a partially finished combat base. Nine died and more than two dozen were wounded that day in July 2008, making it arguably the bloodiest battle of the war in Afghanistan.The Chosen Few would return home tempered by war. Two among them would receive the Medal of Honor. All of them would be forever changed.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Gregg Zoroya EAN: 9780306824838 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 578 g HEIGHT: 228 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Hachette Books DATE PUBLISHED: 2017-05-04 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / Military / Special Forces, HISTORY / Military / Afghan War (2001-) WIDTH: 164 cm SPINE:

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      Afghanistan, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, History and Archaeology, Modern warfare, Specific wars and campaigns, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts

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      Gregg Zoroya is an award-winning journalist at USA Today, where he has written about the impact of war on troops and issues related to the care of veterans. He has traveled nearly twenty times into war zones in the Middle East and South Asia and has recently joined the editorial board for USA Today. Zoroya lives near Washington, DC.

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