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One of

the most critical battles of the Afghan War is now revealed as

never before. Lions of Kandahar is an inside account from the

unique perspective of an active-duty U.S. Army Special Forces

commander, an unparalled warrior with multiple deployments to the

theater who has only recently returned from combat

there.

Southern Afghanistan was slipping away.

That was clear to then-Captain Rusty Bradley as he began his third

tour of duty there in 2006. The Taliban and their allies were

infiltrating everywhere, poised to reclaim Kandahar Province, their

strategically vital onetime capital. To stop them, the NATO

coalition launched Operation Medusa, the largest offensive in its

history. The battlefield was the Panjwayi Valley, a densely packed

warren of walled compounds that doubled neatly as enemy bunkers,

lush orchards, and towering marijuana stands, all laced with

treacherous irrigation ditches. A mass exodus of civilians heralded

the carnage to come.

Dispatched as a diversionary force in

support of the main coalition attack, Bradley’s Special Forces

A-team and two others, along with their longtime Afghan Army

allies, watched from across the valley as the NATO force was

quickly engulfed in a vicious counterattack. Key to relieving it

and calling in effective air strikes was possession of a modest

patch of high ground called Sperwan Ghar. Bradley’s small

detachment assaulted the hill and, in the midst of a savage and

unforgettable firefight, soon learned they were facing nearly a

thousand seasoned fighters—from whom they seized an impossible

victory.

Now

Bradley recounts the whole remarkable story as it actually

happened. The blistering trek across Afghanistan’s infamous Red

Desert. The eerie traces of the elusive Taliban. The close

relations with the Afghan people and army, a primary mission focus.

Sperwan Ghar itself: unremitting waves of fire from machine guns

and rocket-propelled grenades; a targeted truck turned into an

inferno; the death trap of a cut-off compound. Most important: the

men, Americans and Afghans alike—the “shaky” medic with nerves of

steel and a surgeon’s hands in battle; the tireless sergeant who

seems to be everywhere at once; the soft-spoken intelligence

officer with laser-sharp insight; the diminutive Afghan commander

with a Goliath-sized heart; the cool maverick who risks all to

rescue a grievously wounded comrade—each unique, all indelible in

their everyday exercise of extraordinary

heroism.

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　　Major Rusty Bradley was wounded during the Battle of Sperwan

Ghar in command of a Special Forces A-team, on his third combat

tour as a Special Forces team leader. A native of North Carolina,

he graduated from Mars Hill College and enlisted in the Army in

1993, serving as an infantryman for six years before earning his

commission from Officer Candidate School in

1999.                                   

　　Kevin Maurer has been embedded as a reporter with the U.S.

Special Forces and 82nd Airborne Division in Afghanistan and Iraq

more than a dozen times in the last five years.

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媒体评论

　　xAdvance praise for Lions of Kandahar

　　“A powerful and gripping account of a battle that helped shape

the war in Afghanistan. But Lions of Kandahar is more than that.

Major Rusty Bradley and Kevin Maurer give readers a stirring inside

look at the day-to-day operations of a Special Forces team—and what

it takes to defeat insurgents hell-bent on regaining control of

Afghanistan. With crisp writing and page-turning action, Lions of

Kandahar is one of the best books written about the

conflict.”—Mitch Weiss, Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative

journalist and co-author of the critically acclaimed Tiger Force: A

True Story of Men and War

　　“A raw and authentic war story about untamed Green Berets in

action. Bradley and Maurer crush it! Mr. President, grab a

copy—this is a sure-bet Special Forces exit strategy. Unleash more

of these brave lions across Afghanistan and America will win this

war.”—Dalton Fury, New York Times bestselling author of Kill Bin

Laden: A Delta Force Commander’s Account of the Hunt for the

World’s Most Wanted Man

　　"This is a riveting tale, told from the front lines of the secret

war against the Taliban. Lions of Kandahar is the definitive

account of a modern Special Forces mission--a must-read for anyone

hoping to understand the harsh realities of the Afghan

conflict."—David Zucchino, Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist and

author of Thunder Run: The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad

　　“I have read this book three times and I am still chilled to the

bone with every word. In Lions of Kandahar you will be riveted by

the unabridged action of our real-life military heroes. It took a

group of exceptional individuals to accomplish Operation Medusa. We

as a nation can only pray we have half the guts and fortitude given

selflessly every day on our behalf by the Army Special

Forces.”—Marshall R. Teague, actor; U.S. Navy (ret.)

　　“The war in Afghanistan is made for Special Forces, but very

little has been written about these soldiers since the initial

attack on Afghanistan in 2001. Bradley and Maurer do a great job of

showing how these elite units fight and why they are so important

to the battle against the Taliban. Lions of Kandahar is a gripping,

moving, and well-told war story.”—Greg Jaffe, Washington Post

reporter and co-author of The Fourth Star: Four Generals and the

Epic Struggle for the Future of the United States Army