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13 Hours: The explosive true story of how six men fought a terror attack and repelled enemy forces [Pehme köide]

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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 352 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 234x153x26 mm, kaal: 478 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 04-Dec-2014
  • Kirjastus: Ebury Press
  • ISBN-10: 1785030515
  • ISBN-13: 9781785030512
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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 352 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 234x153x26 mm, kaal: 478 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 04-Dec-2014
  • Kirjastus: Ebury Press
  • ISBN-10: 1785030515
  • ISBN-13: 9781785030512
13 HOURS is the true account of the events of 11 September 2012, when terrorists attacked a US State Compound and a nearby CIA station in Libya, one of the most dangerous corners of the globe. On that fateful day, a team of six American security operators stationed in Benghazi fought to repel mounting enemy forces and escalating firepower, to protect the Americans stationed there, including the US Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens. Going beyond the call of duty, the team ignored orders to stand down and instead choked back smoke, fought wave after wave of machine-gun fire and retook the Compound, averting tragedy on a much larger scale although four Americans would not make it out alive.

Recounting the 13 hours of the now infamous attack, this personal account is both blistering and compelling, and sets the story straight about what really happened on the ground, in the streets and on the rooftops.

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"A crisply written, gripping narrative of the events of the battle in Benghazi that adds considerable detail to the public record of what happened there...[ an] authoritative account" * The Wall Street Journal * "A great number of journalists and government instrumentalities have tilted at Benghazi...All of those efforts look fragmentary when placed side-by-side with 13 HOURS" * The Washington Post *

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The explosive true story of how six men fought a terror attack and repelled enemy forces
A Note to the Reader ix
Cast of Characters xiii
Prologue 1(4)
One Benghazi
5(24)
Two The Annex
29(24)
Three The Ambassador
53(19)
Four September 11, 2012
72(31)
Five Overrun
103(23)
Six Gunfighter Road
126(24)
Seven Man Down
150(18)
Eight Counterattack
168(20)
Nine Zombieland
188(23)
Ten Hard Target
211(18)
Eleven Incoming?
229(25)
Twelve Mortars!
254(27)
Thirteen Convoy
281(14)
Epilogue 295(10)
A Note on Sources 305(4)
Select Bibliography 309(10)
Acknowledgments 319(2)
Index 321(10)
About the Authors 331
Mitchell Zuckoff is a professor of journalism at Boston University and a No. 1 New York Times bestselling author. Previously, he was a reporter and writing coach for the Boston Globe, where he was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in investigative reporting. His honors include the PEN/Winship Award for Nonfiction, the Distinguished Writing Award from the American Society of Newspaper Editors, The Livingston Award for International Reporting, and The Heywood Broun Award, among others. He received a master's degree from the University of Missouri and was a Batten Fellow at the University of Virginia. He lives outside Boston. His website is www.mitchellzuckoff.com