Black Hawk Down Book Vs Movie. Last week marked the twentieth anniversary of the infamous black hawk down incident where somali militia fighters loyal to mohammed farah. A story of modern war gives readers an impressively comprehensive look at the deplorably mismanaged u.s.
The film is based on the book written by mark bowden, with the same name, and describing the first person experience of the events and happenings of war. Also included are somali militiamen as they recount their harrowing experiences of battle. Black hawk down was released in 2001, and it an american drama war film made on the battle of mogadishu.
The film takes place in 1993 when the u.s.
Forces attacked a habr gidr clan meeting. Black hawk pilot mike durant is captured by the somalis after the two delta snipers who came to rescue him are killed. I confess that i've only read about half of mark bowden's novel upon which the film is very closely based, but i have read all of his original philedelphia inquirer articles that inspired the book. The author describes the action that took place that day in chilling detail that is written with the unique voice of a journalist that draws the reader into the.