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Black Hawk Down Study Guide

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by Mark Bowden
About 27 pages (8,126 words)
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Critical Overview

Black Hawk Down is widely acclaimed as a must-read text both for those tied to the military and for the civilian public. Critics with military backgrounds often recommend the book to members of the Armed Forces. Jon Campbell's review of the book in Air & Space Power Journal, says that "everyone in the Air Force should … read Black Hawk Down." Gregory G. Hildebrandt's review in Armed Forces & Society says the book "should be of interest to anyone who wants to understand modern urban warfare, and how society shapes the evaluation of its effects." The book should be "required reading for military officers," Dave Moniz agrees in "A Peacekeeping Mission Gone Wrong." John Carver Edwards and Eric Bryant suggest in "Book Reviews: Social Sciences" including Black Hawk Down in "specialized military collections."

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