The most complete and accurate account of Operation Anaconda, the thirteen-day battle in March 2002 between American-led combat forces and those of the Taliban and Al Qaeda. Provides the richest description and critique of all the forces involved--including those that fought on the enemy side--and surpasses all previous accounts of the landmark engagement.
Only a few months after the start of US operations in Afghanistan, Operation Anaconda sent American-led coalition forces into their most intensely brutal confrontation with Al Qaeda and the in the Shar-i Kot Valley. Drawing on previously unavailable or neglected sources, this gives us the most complete and accurate account of this thirteen-day firefight waged in mountainous terrain nearly two miles above sea level.
