
Award-winning combat journalist Sean Naylor reveals a firsthand account of the largest battle fought by American military forces in Afghanistan in an attempt to destroy al-Qaeda and Taliban forces.
At dawn on March 2, 2002, America's first major battle of the 21st...


In this New York Times bestseller, an award-winning combat reporter reveals how close American forces came to disaster in Afghanistan against Al Qaida after easily defeating the ragtag Taliban that had sheltered the terrorist organization behind the 9/11 attacks.



At dawn on March 2, 2002, America's first major battle of the twenty-first century began. Over two hundred soldiers of the 101st Airborne and Tenth Mountain Division flew into Afghanistan's Shah-i-Kot valley--and into the mouth of a buzz saw. They were about to pay a bloody...



At dawn on March 2, 2002, America's first major battle of the twenty-first century began. Over two hundred soldiers of the 101st Airborne and Tenth Mountain Division flew into Afghanistan's Shah-i-Kot valley--and into the mouth of a buzz saw. They were about to pay a bloody...