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Operation Pineapple Express : the incredible story of a group of Americans who undertook one last mission and honored a promise in Afghanistan / Lt. Col. Scott Mann (Ret.).
Van Pelt Library DS371.415 .M36 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mann, Scott, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Afghan War, 2001-2021--Evacuation of civilians.
- Afghan War, 2001-2021.
- Afghan War, 2001-2021--Personal narratives, American.
- Afghan War, 2001-2021--Peace.
- Mann, Scott.
- Genre:
- Personal narratives.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 392 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Simon & Schuster, 2022.
- Summary:
- A tense real-life thriller follows a group of retired Green Berets as they worked together to save a former comrade, along with five hundred Afghans, right before the ISIS-K suicide bombing at Kabul airport amidst the chaos of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
- Contents:
- Prologue
- Part I: Nezam
- Part II: The dust storm
- Part III: Task Force Pineapple
- Part IV: The long night
- Part V: The dust clears
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Maps on lining pages.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781668003534
- 1668003538
- OCLC:
- 1341351965
- Publisher Number:
- 99991620215
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