Swords of Lightning

Green Beret Horse Soldiers and America's Response to 9/11

Swords of Lightning
Mark Nutsch, Bob Pennington, Jim DeFelice
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Hardback
h229 x 152mm - 256pg
23 Jun 2022 US
International import eta 7-19 days
9781637581537
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The first-person account of how a small band of Green Berets used horses and laser-guided bombs to overthrow the Taliban and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan after 9/11. They landed in a dust storm so thick the chopper pilot used dead reckoning and a guess to find the ground. Welcomed by a band of heavily armed militiamen, they climbed a mountain on horseback to meet the most ferocious warlord in Asia. They plotted a war of nineteenth-century maneuvers against a twenty-first-century foe. They trekked through minefields, sometimes past the mangled bodies of local tribesmen who' d shared food with them hours before. They saved babies and treated fractures, sewed up wounded who' d been transported from the battlefield by donkey. They found their enemy hiding in thick bunkers, dodged bullets from machine-gun-laden pickup trucks, and survived mass rocket attacks from vintage Soviet-era launchers. They battled the Taliban while mediating blood feuds between rival allies. They fought with everything they had, from smart bombs to AK-47s. The men they helped called them brothers. Hollywood called them the Horse Soldiers. They called themselves Green Berets-Special Forces ODA 595.
Mark Nutsch served in the Army as a Ranger and Special Forces officer, deploying on multiple combat tours. In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, he led one of the first Special Forces teams into northern Afghanistan. There, he advised the resistance leadership, helping to unite the disparate forces against the Taliban and al-Qaeda. Fighting on horseback much of the time, Nutsch and his team spearheaded the unconventional warfare operations that liberated the country. Featured in multiple books and films, Nutsch is a sought-after speaker, lecturing often on leadership and military topics. Retired Senior Warrant Officer Bob Pennington served in the Army for thirty-plus years. He' s commanded Green Berets in combat and trained candidates attending the Special Forces Q-Course. Pennington has written military doctrine, as well as lectured and consulted on film, books, and military monographs. He was recently inducted as a Distinguished Member of the Special Forces Regiment and the Georgia Military Veterans' Hall of Fame. He and Mark are principals in the company that produces Horse Soldier Bourbon, an award-winning American liquor. Jim DeFelice is the author or co-author of sixteen New York Times bestselling books, including American Sniper and Everyman a Hero. A winner of the Army Historical Foundation Award for his writing, he lives in the Hudson Valley.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781637581537
Published: 23 Jun 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: Permuted Press
Publisher: Permuted Press
Format: Hardback
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine: 17mm
Weight: 446g
Pages: 256

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