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Mark Bowden
Birth date: July 17, 1951
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Turn The Page
Turn The Page rated it 7 years ago
Mark Bowden has put together an outstanding researched narrative on the rise and fall of Pablo Escobar as Escobar put together his cocaine empire and slowly watched it dismantled by the combined efforts of the Colombian government and special units by the U.S. Bowden also dives deep into the charact...
Lisa (Harmony)
Lisa (Harmony) rated it 11 years ago
Bowden's book is every bit as riveting as the film based upon it, every bit as harrowing and visceral. It takes us minute by minute through the terrible battle on the streets of Mogadishu in Somalia on October 3, 1993. The American mission to capture two of clan warlord Aidid's top people was suppos...
wallerdc
wallerdc rated it 12 years ago
Great read! Reads like a textbook (in a good way). Loads of information!
purelynicole
purelynicole rated it 12 years ago
It's like This American Life in written form.
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Vijai's Book Reviews rated it 12 years ago
To think that someone did what kids do on COD online servers for real is so amazing to know. I mean, you would have to re-spawn like at least twice in easy mode to get through in COD MW2 (which has the most unintelligent AI) and here we have these brave gentlemen who can say "been there done that"; ...
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