In this absorbing memoir Stanton reveals the mounting futility experienced by the 'Restore Hope' soldiers, sent into Somalia in December 1992, as they struggled to accomplish a vague and constantly changing mission, that eventually culminated in the streets of Mogadishu as infamously retold by Mark Bowden in Black Hawk Down. - An insider's account of the critical events leading up to the battle of Mogadishu - America's post-Cold War military experience
Author Biography
Martin Stanton is a retired US Army colonel and the author of Somalia on $5 a Day: A Soldier's Story and Road to Baghdad. He has written articles for publications such as Infantry, Armor, and the Marine Corps Gazette, among others. Colonel Stanton works at the Department of Defense in Tampa, Florida.
