Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War by Mark Bowden

Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War

Mark Bowden

396 pages first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction history reflective sad tense fast-paced

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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 hund...

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Moods

tense 89%
dark 58%
informative 55%
emotional 51%
challenging 44%
sad 41%
adventurous 31%
reflective 31%
inspiring 20%
funny 6%
hopeful 3%
mysterious 3%

Pace

medium 56%
fast 40%
slow 3%

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