The action of 'Horse Soldiers' is back-dropped by the story of how America went to war with little time to prepare - but with a lot of moxie. — Doug Stanton Copy Share Image
I like to tell stories about people trying to make the right, difficult decision at the least opportune moment... People in a crucible of… — Doug Stanton Copy Share Image
Instead of large-scale occupations, we should rely on small units of Special Forces who have proved it's infinitely more effective to work with a… — Doug Stanton Copy Share Image
When I look at Lake Michigan each July, I imagine the men of the Indianapolis visible on the horizon; dark heads, struggling arms, a… — Doug Stanton Copy Share Image
“On a training mission, he’d watched as Nightstalker pilots cut their own landing zone using the rotors of the helicopter as giant hedge clippers.… — Doug Stanton Copy Share Image
“McCoy, drained and hollow-eyed, couldn't take his eyes off the life vest belonging to the boy who'd slipped away from the group during the… — Doug Stanton Copy Share Image
“On November 5, to kick off the final, coordinated assault on Baluch, Stu Mansfield, positioned with Atta at the warlord’s mountaintop compound, ordered the… — Doug Stanton Copy Share Image
Most audiences are being attracted to '12 Strong' because of what they might expect to see from a movie like this, which is that… — Doug Stanton Copy Share Image
'Horse Soldiers' is the untold story of how a small band of U.S. Special Forces soldiers secretly entered Afghanistan in 2001, just five weeks… — Doug Stanton Copy Share Image
Writing about conflict has provided these dramatic opportunities to talk about really substantial moments in a person's life. I'm not writing about superheroes; I'm… — Doug Stanton Copy Share Image
When I first met the survivors of the Indianapolis in 1999 while writing a book about them, their story - the last major action… — Doug Stanton Copy Share Image
Of all the places I've been while talking to audiences about the U.S. Army's 5th Special Forces Group and their story in Afghanistan, one… — Doug Stanton Copy Share Image
While researching 'Horse Soldiers,' I conducted over 100 interviews in the U.S. and in Afghanistan, and in Afghanistan, I walked and studied key sites… — Doug Stanton Copy Share Image
Robert Frost had a house in Bennington, Vermont, and I had a friend, the poet Mary Ruefle, who was the caretaker of it when… — Doug Stanton Copy Share Image
That's the potential power of a single voice - a neighbor's, a teacher's, a parent's, a friend's. It can change you, make you feel… — Doug Stanton Copy Share Image
