Somalia on $5 a Day

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Stianton's b^itaMön was the iirst arniy~unifm Somalia in 1992 and it did one heil of a job accomplishing a difficult Py mission wliere there wasn't a tetoplate. I had the pleasure of tagging along with his unit and saw first-hand how its
leaders dealt with and solved problems-----A first-rate
book and a must read. All professional soldier-leaders should carry Stantons book in their rucksacks." , —David H. Hackworth Author otAbout Face and Hazardous Duty
A country torn by seemingly endless war, a people tormented and victimized by relenüess banditry—into this land of warlords came the soldiers of the army's elite lOth Mountain Division. They were „^strangers in a strange land sent to restore hope to this cauldron Of misery and despair. The Pentagon deemed it a hostile fire zone, thereby earning each soldier a monthly bonus of $150—Somalia on $5.00 a day. Major Stanton and the infantrymen of Task Force 2-87 found themselves in unfamiliar surroundings, trying to accomplish a ;... Tovább

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Stianton's b^itaMön was the iirst arniy~unifm Somalia in 1992 and it did one heil of a job accomplishing a difficult Py mission wliere there wasn't a tetoplate. I had the pleasure of tagging along with his unit and saw first-hand how its
leaders dealt with and solved problems-----A first-rate
book and a must read. All professional soldier-leaders should carry Stantons book in their rucksacks." , —David H. Hackworth Author otAbout Face and Hazardous Duty
A country torn by seemingly endless war, a people tormented and victimized by relenüess banditry—into this land of warlords came the soldiers of the army's elite lOth Mountain Division. They were „^strangers in a strange land sent to restore hope to this cauldron Of misery and despair. The Pentagon deemed it a hostile fire zone, thereby earning each soldier a monthly bonus of $150—Somalia on $5.00 a day. Major Stanton and the infantrymen of Task Force 2-87 found themselves in unfamiliar surroundings, trying to accomplish a ; vague and constantly changing mission where knowing the good guys from the bad guys was nearly impossible. When the focus of Restore > Hope changed from limited famine relief to nation building, the men found themselves in armed clashes with Somali warlords. In this ,exciting and oflen humorous memoir, Stanton relates the mounting ^frustrations experienced by the U.S. soldiers, futility that culminated in the infamous chaos on the streefe of Mogadishu.
"Far and away the best insider's book to emerge from America's post-Cold War military experiences. 4 ! Wonderfully honest and startlingly insightful, this book is a delight to read."
—Ralph Peters Author of Fightingfor the Future and Traitor | Vissza