Monday, March 12, 2012

Outlaw platoon: heroes, renegades, infidels, and the brotherhood of war in Afghanistan



Author(s): Parnell, Sean and John R. Bruning

Title: Outlaw platoon: heroes, renegades, infidels, and the brotherhood of war in Afghanistan

Published: New York: W. Morrow, 2012

Description: viii, 374 p. :ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Call Number: DS371.413 P38 2012

Summary: A lieutenant's gripping, personal account of the legendary U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division's heroic stand in the mountains of Afghanistan--a vivid, action-packed, and highly emotional true story of enormous sacrifice and bravery

Subject(s):
  • United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th -- Officers -- Biography
  • United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th
  • Afghan War, 2001- -- Personal narratives, American
  • Counterinsurgency -- Afghanistan
Review(s):
  • Bauder, Lt. Col. Martha. "Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan." Library Journal 137, no. 2 (February 2012): 79
  • "Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan." Publishers Weekly 259, no. 2 (January 9, 2012): 45-46
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