Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden

Black Hawk Down

Mark Bowden

571 pages first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction history reflective sad tense fast-paced

Description

Already winning acclaim as one of the best accounts of combat ever written, Black Hawk Down is a minute-by-minute, heart-stopping account of the 1993 raid on Mogadishu, Somalia. Late in the afternoon of Sunday, October 3 1993, 140 elite US Soldier...

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Moods

tense 86%
dark 60%
informative 56%
emotional 53%
challenging 43%
sad 40%
adventurous 30%
reflective 30%
inspiring 20%
funny 6%
hopeful 3%
mysterious 3%

Pace

medium 58%
fast 38%
slow 3%

Average rating

4.17

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