Full name: The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor

Author: Jake Tapper Year: 2012 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Non Fiction, History, War/Military Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780316185400 031618540X

At 6:00 a.m. on the morning of October 3, 2009, Combat Outpost Keating was viciously attacked by Taliban insurgents. The 53 U.S. troops, having been stationed at the bottom of three steep mountains, were severely outmanned by nearly 400 Taliban fighters. Though the Americans ultimately prevailed, their casualties made it one of the war's deadliest battles for U.S. forces. And after more than three years in that dangerous and vulnerable valley a mere 14 miles from the Pakistan border, the U.S. abandoned and bombed the camp. A Pentagon investigation later concluded that there was no reason for Outpost Keating to have been there in the first place. The Outpost is a tour de force of investigative journalism. Jake Tapper exposes the origins of this tragic and confounding story, exploring the history of the camp and detailing the stories of soldiers heroic and doomed, shadowed by the recklessness of their commanders in Washington, D.C. and a war built on constantly shifting sands. Similar books: WAR by Sebastian Junger Outlaw Platoon by Sean Parnell Not a Good Day to Die by Sean Naylor Ashley's War by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon No Good Men Among the Living by Anand Gopal Apache by Ed Macy ROBERTS RIDGE: A Story of Courage and Sacrifice on Takur Ghar Mountain, Afghanistan by Malcolm MacPherson Red Platoon by Clinton Romesha The Wrong War by Bing West Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell The Finish by Mark Bowden The Only Thing Worth Dying For by Eric Blehm Little America by Rajiv Chandrasekaran Into the Fire by Dakota Meyer 13 Hours by Mitchell Zuckoff Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz Indianapolis by Lynn Vincent Shattered Sword by Jonathan Parshall Citizen Soldiers by Stephen E. Ambrose