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xvii, 328 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, color, black & white, portraits ; 24 cm
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Cast of Characters -- Prologue -- Benghazi -- The Annex -- The Ambassador -- September 11, 2012 -- Overrun -- Gunfighter road -- Man down -- Counterattack -- Zombieland -- Hard target -- Incoming? -- Mortars! -- Convoy
"The harrowing, true account from the brave men on the ground who fought back during the Battle of Benghazi. 13 Hours presents the true account of the events of September 11, 2012, when terrorists attacked the US State Department Special Mission Compound and a nearby CIA station called the Annex in Benghazi, Libya. A team of six American security operators fought to repel the attackers and protect the Americans stationed there. Those men went beyond the call of duty, performing extraordinary acts of courage and heroism, to avert tragedy on a much larger scale. This is their personal account, never before told, of what happened during the thirteen hours of that now-infamous attack"--
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