Doug Stanton

Una extraordinaria historia de guerra del siglo XXI.Esta es la historia de los soldados de las Fuerzas especiales norteamericanas y agentes de la CIA, a quienes, tras los atentados del 11-S de 2001, se les encomendo la formidable tarea de derrotar a los talibanes de Afganistan, lo que consiguieron en una campaña de dos meses combatiendo junto a 15.000 afganos de la Alianza del Norte. Obligados a luchar en un terreno montañoso, debieron acostumbrarse a hacerlo a caballo, consiguieron victorias decisivas y vivieron experiencias terribles.

Esta es la historia de un puñado de hombres, soldados de las Fuerzas Especiales norteamericanas y agentes de la CIA, a quienes, a los pocos días de los atentados del 11 de septiembre de 2001, se les encomendo la formidable tarea de derrotar a los talibanes de Afganistan, lo que consiguieron en una campaña de dos meses, combatiendo junto a 15.000 afganos de la Alianza del norte. Obligados a luchar en un terreno montañoso, debieron acostumbrarse a hacerlo a caballo, como los afganos, junto a quienes consiguieron victorias decisivas y vivieron experiencias terribles, como los sangrientos combates en la fortaleza de Qala-i-Janghi. Entrevistando a los supervivientes y recorriendo el terreno en que combatieron, Douglas Stanton ha conseguido reconstruir fielmente la realidad de esta extraordinaria hazaña -hasta hoy practicamente desconocida, puesto que se trataba de una operacion secreta- a la vez que ofrece un calido retrato humano de sus protagonistas.Soldados a caballo es un libro tan apasionante como el mas intrincado thriller. Es una obra maestra de espectacular accion militar, un excelente ejemplo de periodismo de profundidad y de gran alcance. Por fin los lectores pueden conocer como una docena de soldados estadounidenses derrotaron a los talibanes en condiciones extremas, Vince Flynn.En el espiritu de Banderas de nuestros padres y Black Hawk derribado, Doug Stanton se sumerge en el corazon de una mision unica para hacernos comprender no solo lo que sucedio, sino tambien lo que estaba verdaderamente en juego, Hampton Sides, autor de Soldados del olvido.

SELECTED BY MILITARY TIMES AS A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR * SELECTED BY THE SOCIETY OF MIDLAND AUTHORS AS THE BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEARThe New York Times bestselling author of In Harms Way and Horse Soldiers shares the powerful account of an American army platoon fighting for survival during the Vietnam War in an important book.not just a battle storyits also about the home front (The Today show).On January 31, 1968, as many as 100,000 guerilla fighters and soldiers in the North Vietnamese Army attacked thirty-six cities throughout South Vietnam, hoping to dislodge American forces during one of the vital turning points of the Vietnam War. Alongside other young American soldiers in an Army reconnaissance platoon (Echo Company, 1/501) of the 101st Airborne Division, Stanley Parker, the nineteen-year-old son of a Texan ironworker, was suddenly thrust into savage combat, having been in-country only a few weeks. As Stan and his platoon-mates, many of whom had enlisted in the Army, eager to become paratroopers, moved from hot zone to hot zone, the extreme physical and mental stresses of Echo Companys day-to-day existence, involving ambushes and attacks, grueling machine-gun battles, and impossibly dangerous rescues of wounded comrades, pushed them all to their limits and forged them into a lifelong brotherhood. The war became their fight for survival.When they came home, some encountered a bitterly divided country that didnt understand what they had survived. Returning to the small farms, beach towns, and big cities where they grew up, many of the men in the platoon fell silent, knowing that few of their countrymen wanted to hear the stories they lived to telluntil now. Based on interviews, personal letters, and Army after-action reports, The Odyssey of Echo Company recounts the searing tale of wartime service and homecoming of ordinary young American men in an extraordinary time and confirms Doug Stantons prominence as an unparalleled storyteller of our age.

Now a major motion picture from Jerry Bruckheimer starring Chris Hemsworth and Michael Shannon!A thrilling action ride of a book (The New York Times Book Review)the New York Times bestselling, true-life account of a US Special Forces team deployed to dangerous, war-ridden Afghanistan in the weeks following 9/11.In the weeks following the attacks of September 11, a small band of Special Forces soldiers secretly entered Afghanistan. Riding on horseback, they pursued the Taliban over the stark and mountainous Afghanistan terrain. After a series of intense battles, they captured the strategically essential city of Mazar-i-Sharif. The bone-weary American soldiers were welcomed as liberators as they rode into the city, 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 by the would-be POWs. Dangerously overpowered, they fought for their lives in the citys immense fortress, Qala-i-Jangi, or the House of War. At risk were the military gains of the entire campaign: if the soldiers perished or were captured, the entire effort to outmaneuver the Taliban was likely doomed. Previously published as Horse Soldiers, 12 Strong is not just a battle storyits also about the home front. An important book (the TODAY show). A thrilling, inspiring tale of a group of men on horses who did the impossible and an incredible account of real life bravery and heroism in the face of insurmountable odds.

On 30 July 1945 the USS Indianapolis was steaming through the South Pacific, on her way home having delivered the bomb that was to decimate Hiroshima seven days later, when she was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. Of a crew of 1196 men an estimated 300 were killed upon impact; the remaining 900 sailors went into the sea. Undetected for five days, they struggled to stay alive, fighting off sharks, hypothermia and madness. By the time rescue arrived, only 317 men were left alive. Interweaving the stories of some of these survivors (including the ships Captain Butler McVay, who would be unjustly court-martialled for the loss of his ship and, twenty years later and tormented by the experience, take his own life), Doug Stanton brings this incredible human drama to life in a narrative that is at once immediate and timeless. The definitive account of a near-forgotten chapter in the history of the last war, In Harms Way has become a classic.And, some 72 years later, in August 2017, the USS Indianapolis was once again making international headlines - with the news that a marine archaeology team had located the ships shattered remains:https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/20/world/asia/uss-indianapolis-paul-allen.html?mcubz=1

“Soldados a caballoáes un libro tan apasionante como el más intrincadoáthriller. Es una obra maestra de espectacular acción militar, un excelente ejemplo de periodismo de profundidad y de gran alcanc

Seleccionado por Publishers Weekly como uno de los mejores libros de 2009. “Soldados a caballo es un libro tan apasionante como el más intrincado thriller. Es una obra maestra de espectacular acción