jake, and tell us about the book. you take a look at one of the deadliest battles in northern afghanistan. >> it was in northeastern afghanistan, where the man would be kingwas an outpost put at the bottom of three steep mountains just 14 miles from the pakistan border. and for years, troops that served there were warning this is not going to end well, this is too dangerous. we're surrounded by high ground and eventually on october 3rd, 2009, 53 u.s. troops were attacked by about 400 taliban. the deadliest day for u.s. troops that year, but an unbelievable story of heroism and valor. the americans who died that day, a man died risking his life and sacrificing his life to either return fire or to do something for his fellow troops. so that's what the book is about. >> you say, though, it was also, unfortunately, a story of soldiers placed at the mercy of reckless commanders. >> well, ultramaltly the reason that the outpost was put where it was. there were a number of reasons why it was put in the vulnerable places. but one of the reason was they didn't have enough helicopters in afghanistan at the time. they were all in iraq. and one of the reasons it was