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Somalia: A Nation in Name Only
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Hail Mary, then doom
- Background: A defining battle leaves lasting scars
Chapter 2: Dazed, blood-spattered and frantic
Chapter 3: A terrifying scene, then a big crash
Chapter 4: An outgunned but relentless enemy
Chapter 5: 'My God, you guys. Look at this!'
Chapter 6: Trying to get in sync amid the chaos
Chapter 7: Another grenade, another chopper hit
Chapter 8: A second crash, and no escape
Chapter 9: Alone and at the mercy of an angry mob
Chapter 10: At the base, bravery and hesitation
Chapter 11: Besieged, disoriented as the bullets fly
Chapter 12: Left, right, left - lost and bloody
Chapter 13: No cover from the flying grenades
Chapter 14: Hammered, and still no sign of help
Chapter 15: Ambush after ambush; Fighting just to stay alive
Chapter 16: Furious attacks on a second convoy
Chapter 17: At first helicopter crash, more bodies
Chapter 18: Rescue team comes under fierce fire
Chapter 19: A desperate battle to hold the crash site
Chapter 20: Uneasy partners under heavy fire
Chapter 21: A shared quest: Punish the invaders
Chapter 22: A Ranger's plea for help as the body count climbs
Chapter 23: As darkness nears, a dreaded feeling
Chapter 24: Disarray in command, and trapped
Chapter 25: Besieged, disoriented as bullets fly
Chapter 26: At rescue, relief tinged with sorrow
Chapter 27: Durant's ordeal of agony and terror
Chapter 28: On TV, the battered face of Durant
Chapter 29: The final chapter: Freeing a pilot, ending a mission
Photo Galleries
- Somalia: A Nation in Name Only - Photographs by Peter Tobia
- Soldier's Eye View - Photographs taken during the mission in 1993 by soldiers
Video Clips
Audio clips
Ask the Author
- Round 1 of Q&A
- Round 2 of Q&A
- Round 3 of Q&A
- Round 4 of Q&A
- Round 5 of Q&A
- Round 6 of Q&A
- Round 7 of Q&A
- Round 8 of Q&A
- Round 9 of Q&A
- Round 10 of Q&A
- Round 11 of Q&A
- Round 12 of Q&A
- Round 13 of Q&A
- Round 14 of Q&A
- Round 15 of Q&A
- Round 16 of Q&A
- Round 17 of Q&A
- Round 18 of Q&A
- Round 19 of Q&A
- Round 20 of Q&A
- Final notes on Q&A
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