Black Hawk Down Resources

List of online and print resources that the library holds to help you research the Battle of Mogadishu and the Blackhawk Down incident of 1993.

Websites

 * Ambush in Mogadishu -- From PBS Frontline, a comprehensive summary of the action of the Battle, including interviews and short biographies of the US Army Rangers involved in the firefight.
 * Amid Disaster, Amazing Valor -- February 1994 time magazine article describing in detail the events of the Black Hawk Down incident.
 * Operation Restore Hope -- Provides a detailed summary, background, timeline, and resources for the entire operation that included the 1993 Battle of Mogadish in Somolia.
 * Operation Restore Hope-- From the Global Security thinktank, this site provides a detailed overview of the entire Somolia peace-keeping operation from 1991-1993.
 * Philadelphia Inquirer Blackhawk Down -- A 29 chapter retrospective published in 1997 fully examining the Battle of Mogadushu and the Black Hawk Down incident. Includes detailed maps of the areas involved, as well as video clips of actions from the Pentagon, as well as audio interviews with survivors and audio clips of the actual events.  Extensively researched and documented, this is an extremely detailed, comprehensive resource.
 * The True Story of Black Hawk Down -- Streaming video of the History Channel documentary chronicling the events of October 3, 1993. Includes dramatizations of the incident and interviews of the survivors.

Print Materials

 * Black Hawk Down : a story of a modern war -- Recounts a 1993 firefight in Mogadishu, Somalia that resulted in the deaths of 18 Americans and more than 500 Somalis, examining the rationalies behind the disasterous raid. The basis for the film Black Hawk Down (2001).   967.73053 B69