Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of U.S. Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan

A New York Times Bestselling Author -- Horse Soldiers is the dramatic account of a small band of Special Forces soldiers who secretly entered Afghanistan following 9/11. The boneweary American soldiers were welcomed as liberators, and overjoyed Afghans thronged the streets. But the action took a wholly unexpected turn when a surrender of six hundred Taliban troops, the Horse Soldiers were ambushed. Doug Stanton, who received unprecedented cooperation from the U.S. Army's Special Forces soldiers and Special Operations helicopter pilots, a now tells the full story for the first time.