Download or read book Not a Good Day to Die written by Sean Naylor and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An award-winning journalist provides an eyewitness account of the brutal March 2002 battle of untested U.S. troops against fanatical Al Qaeda and Taliban forces in Afghanistan's Shahikot valley, capturing the courage and resourcefulness of these young soldiers against overwhelming odds, including high-level strategic miscalculations.