Already a classic of war reporting and now reissued as a Grove Press paperback, Black Hawk Down is Mark Bowden's brilliant account of the longest sustained firefight involving American troops since the Vietnam War. On October 3, 1993, about a hundred elite U.S. soldiers were dropped by helicopter into the teeming market in the heart of Mogadishu, Somalia. Their mission was to abduct two top lieutenants of a Somali warlord and return to base. It was...

Dive into the pages of "The Black Hawk War (1832)" and journey through a pivotal chapter in American history that continues to resonate today. Experience the clash of cultures, the struggle for indigenous rights, and the complexities of westward expansion as you unravel the captivating story of this conflict. From the vision of Black Hawk to the battlefields that witnessed both courage and tragedy, this book immerses you in a vivid tapestry of events...

The National Security Agency had a secret within a secret that only six presidents and a handful of generals knew about. Until now! The NSA, dubbed the "No Such Agency," created a division called Covert Operations, an elite group of undercover operatives, super-warriors and psychics. The agency was on the leading edge of integrating paranormal resources with top-secret assignments. Angel Girl and the Hawk follows the lives of two young recruits at...

Native peoples played major roles in the War of 1812 as allies of both the United States and Great Britain, but few wrote about their conflict experiences. Two famously wrote down their stories: Black Hawk, the British-allied chief of the still-independent Sauks from the upper Mississippi, and American soldier William Apess, a Christian convert from the Pequots who lived on a reservation in Connecticut. Carl Benn explores the wartime passages of their...

A Study Guide for Mark Bowden's "Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Literary Themes for Students: War and Peace. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Literary Themes for Students: War and Peace for all of your research needs.

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A revised account of the events surrounding the War of 1812 between the newly established United States and Great Britain.

Nearly forty years after the publication of his first story, "The Wrath of Purple," in the science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, Howard Fast returned to the genre with a set of nine supremely entertaining tales. In this collection, a Vietnam general shoots down what appears to be an angel, a man sells his soul to the devil for a copy of the next day's Wall Street Journal, and a group of alien beings bestow a mouse with human thought and emotion....