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Article: BLACK HAWK DOWN.(Review)
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- The Washington Monthly
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- April 1, 1999
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BLACK HAWK DOWN By Mark Bowden Atlantic Monthly Press, $24.00
What the military missed in Somalia
MARK BOWDEN HAS PRODUCED A SUPERB account of the October 1993 battle of Mogadishu. His graphic description of the fiercest firefight involving U.S. troops since the Vietnam war will resonate well beyond the military history enthusiasts who typically lap up such fare. Indeed, the most grateful beneficiaries of Bowden's labor should be found in the U.S. Army, many segments of which appear to have tried long and hard to forget that the battle ever occurred.
The basic outline of the battle was already well-known when Bowden began his research in 1997. ...