{"product_id":"the-only-thing-worth-dying-for-how-eleven-green-berets-forged-a-new-afghanistan-isbn-9780061661228","title":"The Only Thing Worth Dying For: How Eleven Green Berets Forged a New Afghanistan","description":"\u003cp\u003eEric Blehm, author of the award-winning \u003cem\u003eThe Last Season\u003c\/em\u003e, is back with another true adventure story, \u003cem\u003eThe Only Thing Worth Dying For\u003c\/em\u003e. Set in the immediate aftermath of 9\/11, \u003cem\u003eThe Only Thing Worth Dying For\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles the untold story of the team of Green Berets led by Captain Jason Amerine that conquered the Taliban and helped bring Hamid Karzai to power in Afghanistan. In the tradition of \u003cem\u003eBlack Hawk Down\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Only Thing Worth Dying For\u003c\/em\u003e is, in the words of former Congressman Charlie Wilson (from \u003cem\u003eCharlie Wilson's War\u003c\/em\u003e), \"the one book you must read if you have any hope of understanding what our fine American soldiers are up against in Afghanistan.\"\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eOn a moonless night just weeks after September 11, 2001, U.S. Special Forces team ODA 574 infiltrates the mountains of southern Afghanistan with a seemingly impossible mission: to foment a tribal revolt and force the Taliban to surrender. Armed solely with the equipment they can carry on their backs, shockingly scant intelligence, and their mastery of guerrilla warfare, Captain Jason Amerine and his men have no choice but to trust their only ally, a little-known Pashtun statesman named Hamid Karzai who has returned from exile and is being hunted by the Taliban as he travels the countryside raising a militia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Only Thing Worth Dying For\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles the most important mission in the early days of the Global War on Terror, when the men on the ground knew little about the enemy—and their commanders in Washington knew even less. With unprecedented access to surviving members of ODA 574, key war planners, and Karzai himself, award-winning author Eric Blehm cuts through the noise of politicians and high-level military officials to narrate for the first time a story of uncommon bravery and terrible sacrifice, intimately exposing the realities of unconventional warfare and nation-building in Afghanistan that continue to shape the region today.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Only Thing Worth Dying For\u003c\/em\u003e is not only brilliant, it’s the one book you must read if you have any hope of understanding what our fine American soldiers are up against in Afghanistan.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFormer Congressman Charlie Wilson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A skillfully reported and masterfully written account of one of the  most crucial moments of the War Against Terror. Blehm reminds us of  the perils, the triumphs and the sacrifices made in the name of  freedom.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBob Woodruff, ABC News correspondent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[A] stirring account of American Special Forces heroics… The author provides a minute-by-minute account of this dramatic campaign, and the page never flags… a gripping story of admirable men.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Through careful reporting and crisp narrative pacing, Eric Blehm has given us a thrilling, forgotten drama from the opening chapter of the war in Afghanistan. \u003cem\u003eThe Only Thing Worth Dying Fo\u003c\/em\u003er will become an enduring classic of this extraordinary theater, where so much hangs in the balance.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHampton Sides, bestselling author of Ghost Soldiers and Blood and Thunder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Blehm provides powerful and unflinching insight into a real-life mission that ended in tragedy but left an indelible mark on history. From the comic moments to the bleakest hour, it’s a testament to how a small team of well-trained men can shape a nation’s destiny.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen Grey, award-winning author of Ghost Plane and Operation Snakebite\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Eric Blehm has written a literary masterpiece about modern war. The whole witches’ brew is here: valor, honor, heroism, cowardice, incompetence, stupidity, triumph, blood, death and despair. That America has soldiers like these should fill every American heart with pride. Read this book!” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen Coonts, bestselling author of Flight of the Intruder and The Disciple\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“No other book has gone to such depths in research, nor been so descriptive in recounting this critical mission during the earliest days after 9\/11 when the US Army Special Forces successfully waged unconventional warfare in Afghanistan.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSergeant Major Billy Waugh, author of Hunting The Jackal and Isaac Camacho\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The greatest story of a small unit’s battle through an untamed land since Lawrence of Arabia.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdam Makos, editor of Valor Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A captivating account of our heroic warriors-a remarkable U.S. Army Special Forces unit’s hard-fought success against incredible odds. It reads with the thrill of fiction—but this is the damned deadly real deal.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eW.E.B. Griffin \u0026amp; William E. Butterworth IV, best-selling authors of The Traffickers and The Honor of Spies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44887862509797,"sku":"NP9780061661228","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780061661228.jpg?v=1730227617","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-only-thing-worth-dying-for-how-eleven-green-berets-forged-a-new-afghanistan-isbn-9780061661228","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}