The Chosen Few: A Company of Paratroopers and Its Heroic Struggle to Survive in the Mountains of Afghanistan

by Gregg Zoroya

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The never-before-told story of one of the most decorated units in the war in Afghanistan and its fifteen-month ordeal that culminated in the 2008 Battle of Wanat, the war's deadliest

A single company of US paratroopers--calling themselves the "Chosen Few"--arrived in eastern Afghanistan in late 2007 hoping to win the hearts and minds of the remote mountain people and extend the Afghan government's reach into this wilderness. Instead,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0306824833

ISBN13:9780306824838

Release Date:February 2017

Publisher:Da Capo Press

Length:400 Pages

Weight:1.42 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.8" x 8.7"

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