Best Selling Books by Doug Stanton

The sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the extraordinary story of its survivors.

Documents the post-September 11 mission during which a small band of Special Forces soldiers captured the strategic Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif as part of an effort to defeat the Taliban, in a dramatic account that includes testimonies by Afghanistan citizens whose lives were changed by the war.

A portrait of the American recon platoon of the 101st Airborne Division describes their sixty-day fight for survival during the 1968 Tet Offensive, tracing their postwar difficulties with acclimating into a peacetime America that did not want to hear their story.

The Horse Soldiers is the true, dramatic account of a small band of Special Forces soldiers who entered Afghanistan immediately following September 11, 2001 and, riding to war on horses, defeated the Taliban. Heavily outnumbered, they nonetheless succeed in capturing the strategic Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif, where they are welcomed as liberators as they ride on horseback into the city, the streets thronged with Afghans overjoyed that the Taliban have been kicked out. The soldiers rest easy, as they feel they have accomplished their mission. Then the action takes a wholly unexpected turn. During a surrender of Taliban troops, the Horse Soldiers are ambushed by the would-be P.O.W.s and, still dangerously outnumbered, they must fight for their lives in the city''s ancient fortress known as Qala-I Janghi, or the House of War...

A young readers edition of Doug Stanton and Michael J. Tougias'' New York Times bestseller In Harm’s Way—a riveting World War II account of the greatest maritime disaster in US naval history. "A masterful account of one of history''s most poignant and tragic secrets." —#1 New York Times-bestelling author Lee Child On July 30, 1945, the U.S.S. Indianapolis was torpedoed in the South Pacific by a Japanese submarine. An estimated 300 men were killed upon impact; close to 900 sailors were cast into the Pacific Ocean, where they remained undetected by the navy for nearly four days and nights. Battered by a savage sea, they struggled to stay alive, fighting off sharks, hypothermia, and hallucinations. By the time rescue arrived, all but 316 men had died. The captain''s subsequent court-martial left many questions unanswered: How did the navy fail to realize the Indianapolis was missing? And how did these 316 men manage to survive against all odds? New York Times bestselling author Michael J. Tougias adapts his histories of real life stories for young readers in his True Rescue Series, capturing the heroism and humanity of people on life-saving missions during maritime disasters. More Thrilling True Rescue Books: The Finest Hours (Young Readers Edition) A Storm Too Soon (Young Readers Edition) Into the Blizzard (Young Readers Edition) Attacked at Sea (Young Readers Edition) Rescue on the Bounty (Young Readers Edition)

O livro que deu origem ao filme protagonizado por Chris Hemsworth, o Thor da série Vingadores. 12 heróis reconstitui a dramática história de um pequeno grupo de soldados das Forças Especiais Norte-Americanas que entrou secretamente no Afeganistão, depois do 11 de Setembro, e avançou para a guerra contra o Talibã. Com inferioridade numérica de um para quarenta, eles capturaram a cidade de Mazar-i-Sharif, estrategicamente essencial para derrotar o inimigo. A ação, no entanto, sofreria um revés: durante a rendição dos soldados talibãs, os americanos foram emboscados. De súbito, as conquistas militares de toda a campanha estavam em xeque. Doug Stanton contou com cooperação sem precedentes de soldados das Forças Especiais do Exército dos Estados Unidos e de pilotos de helicóptero de Operações Especiais e teve acesso aos volumosos relatórios sobre a extraordinária jornada. Além disso, entrevistou mais de cem personagens e percorreu cada centímetro do campo de batalha decisivo. Uma leitura comovente e eletrizante sobre uma vitória militar histórica.