Shelfology Book Pairing

by Mark Bowden

1993 nightmare operation in Mogadishu that left 18 US soldiers dead and led to the troop withdrawal from Somalia.

The Hunt for the Richest, Most Powerful Criminal in History

by Mark Bowden

Killing Pablo charts the rise and spectacular fall of the Columbian drug lord, Pablo Escobar, the richest and most powerful criminal in history. The book exposes the massive illegal operation by covert US Special Forces and intelligence services to hunt down and assassinate Escobar. It combines the heart-stopping energy of a Tom Clancy techno-thriller and the stunning detail of award-winning investigative journalism to produce the most dramatic and detailed and account ever published of America's dirtiest clandestine war.