From the author of the award-winning bestseller The Last Season comes the untold story of the U.S. Army Special Forces team that conquered the Taliban against overwhelming odds while protecting Hamid Karzai, soon to become the first democratically elected leader of Afghanistan
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- Harper
- Carton Qty: 28
- Selling Territory: W
- 75,000
- Subsidiary Rights: First Serial, UK, Audio: Harper; Translation, Dramatic: Fletcher & Parry
- On Sale: 1/19/2010
- History
- Tr 9780061661228 $25.99 ($33.99)
- 384 pages; 6 x 9
- 16-page b/w photo insert; printed endpaper map
- Model ISBN: 9780060583002
Last Season, The
- The book’s publication coincides with the eighth anniversary of 9/11 and with Afghanistan’s 2009 presidential election.
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"The Only Thing Worth Dying For is not only brilliant, it's the one book you must read if you have any hope of understanding what our fine American soldiers are up against in Afghanistan."
- Former Congressman Charlie Wilson
"A skillfully reported and masterfully written account of one of the
most crucial moments of the War Against Terror. Blehm reminds us of
the perils, the triumphs and the sacrifices made in the name of
freedom."
most crucial moments of the War Against Terror. Blehm reminds us of
the perils, the triumphs and the sacrifices made in the name of
freedom."
- Bob Woodruff, ABC News correspondent
"Through careful reporting and crisp narrative pacing, Eric Blehm has given us a thrilling, forgotten drama from the opening chapter of the war in Afghanistan. The Only Thing Worth Dying For will become an enduring classic of this extraordinary theater, where so much hangs in the balance."
- Hampton Sides, bestselling author of Ghost Soldiers and Blood and Thunder
"Blehm provides powerful and unflinching insight into a real-life mission that ended in tragedy but left an indelible mark on history. From the comic moments to the bleakest hour, it's a testament to how a small team of well-trained men can shape a nation's destiny."
- Stephen Grey, award-winning author of Ghost Plane: The True Story of the CIA's Torture Program and Operation Snakebite: The Story of an Afghan Desert Siege
"Eric Blehm has written a literary masterpiece about modern war. The whole witches' brew is here: valor, honor, heroism, cowardice, incompetence, stupidity, triumph, blood, death and despair. That America has soldiers like these should fill every American heart with pride. Read this book!"
- Stephen Coonts, bestselling author of Flight of the Intruder and The Disciple
"No other book has gone to such depths in research, nor been so descriptive in recounting this critical mission during the earliest days after 9/11 when the US Army Special Forces successfully waged unconventional warfare in Afghanistan."
- Sergeant Major Billy Waugh, author of Hunting The Jackal and Isaac Camacho, An American Hero
"The greatest story of a small unit's battle through an untamed land since Lawrence of Arabia."
- Adam Makos, editor of Valor Magazine
"A captivating account of our heroic warriors-a remarkable U.S. Army Special Forces unit's hard-fought success against incredible odds. It reads with the thrill of fiction-but this is the damned deadly real deal."
- W.E.B. Griffin & William E. Butterworth IV, best-selling authors of The Traffickers and The Honor of Spies