If you liked American Sniper, you will love Not a Good Day to Die: The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda. Award-winning journalist Sean Naylor, who witnessed the action, vividly depicts the battle for Afghanistan's most hostile battlefield. At dawn on March 2, 2002, the first major battle of the 21st century began. Over 200 soldiers from the 101st Airborne and 10th Mountain Divisions landed in Afghanistan's Shahikot Valley - and on the "razor's edge." They paid a heavy price for strategic, higher miscalculations that underestimated the enemy's strength and determination to fight. After the September 11, 2001 attacks, Allied forces quickly toppled the Taliban regime from government. However, believing the war was nearly over, the Pentagon and US Central Command refused to commit the forces needed to achieve full victory in Afghanistan. Instead, they handed over responsibility for the largest-scale battle to a set of untested units assembled at the last minute. Then, the world watched as Anaconda seemed to be failing. Denied the additional infantry, artillery, and close air support they were trained to take to war, the soldiers of this airborne assault fought for survival in violent high-altitude battles. Supported by a small, but crucial, group of special forces, they were all that separated the Alliance from a military disaster. Ideal for fans of Black Hawk Down, Zero Dark Thirty, Chris Ryan, and Andy McNab.

About the author: Sean Naylor is a senior editor at Army Times. He has covered the Afghan mujahideen war against the Soviets and US military operations in Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, Afghanistan, and Iraq. He was named one of the 22 "unsung" influential journalists in Washington by the American Journalism Review in May 2002, and won the Edgar A. Poe Award from the White House Correspondents' Association for his coverage of Operation Anaconda.

Pages: 608, Dimensions: 12.9x12.9cm