[close] "Durant's experience is one of the most harrowing in the history of the American military, and one of the most compelling ever told." -from the introduction by Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down Piloting a U.S. Army Special Operations Blackhawk over Somalia, Michael Durant was shot down and taken prisoner.

Held captive for 11 days by a seemingly backward yet media-savvy people, Durant endured treatment both horrifying and increasingly bizarre. His experience crystallized a clash of cultures by turns frightening, melancholy, hilarious, and strangely familiar.

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