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FIRST EDITION: March 2012
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Weiss, Mitch.
No way out : a story of valor in the mountains of Afghanistan / Mitch Weiss & Kevin Maurer.—1st ed.
p. cm.
ISBN: 9781101560761
1. Afghan War, 2001—Campaigns—Afghanistan—Shok Valley. 2. Afghan War, 2001—Commando operations. 3. Special operations (Military science)—Afghanistan. I. Maurer, Kevin. II. Title.
DS371.4123.S56W45 2012
958.104’742—dc23
2011028877
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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