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SF Reading List
Required Reading
Bowden, Mark. Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War. New York: Atlantic Monthly, 1999.
Joes, Anthony James.
America and Guerrilla Warfare. (Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky, 2000),
Hogan, Jr., David W.
U.S. Army Special Operations in World War II. Washington, D.C.: The U.S. Army Center of Military History, 1992.
Lenahan, Rod.
A Historical Perspective of U.S. Special Operations 1976-1996. Charleston, SC: Narwhal Press, 1998.
Linn, Brian McAllister.
The Philippine War, 1899-1902. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 2000.
McRaven, William H.
Spec Ops: Case Studies in Special Operations Warfare: Theory and Practice. Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 1995.
Rehnquist, William H.,
All the Laws But One – Civil Liberators in Wartime. New York: Albert A. Knopf Publishing, 1998.
Shocochis, Bob.
The Immaculate Invasion. New York: Viking Press, 1999.
Hampton Sides.
Ghost Soldiers: The Forgotten Epic Story of World War II's Most Dramatic Mission. (New York: Doubleday, 2001).
Stanton, Shelby.
Green Berets At War. Navato, CA: Presidio Press, 1985.
Recommended Reading
Bank, Aaron.
From OSS to Green Berets: The Birth of Special Forces. Novato: Presidio Press, 1986.
Bass, Robert D.
Swamp Fox: The Life and Campaigns of General Francis Marion. 3d. Ed. Orangeburg, South Carolina: Sandlapper Publishing Co., Inc., 1982.
Benavidez, Roy P.
Medal of Honor: A Vietnam Warrior's Story. Washington, DC: Brassey's, 1995.
Brownlee, Richard S.
The Gray Ghosts of the Confederacy: Guerrilla Warfare in the West, 1861-1865. Richmond, VA: Louisiana State University Press, 1958.
Buruss, L.H. “Bucky”.
MIKE FORCE – Two Years of War With the Green Berets’ mobile Strike Force in Veitnam. New York: Pocket Books, 1989.
Burhans, Robert D.
The First Special Service Force: A War History of the North Americans, 1942-1944. Washington, D.C.: Infantry Journal Press, 1947
Donlon, Roger.
Beyond Nam Dong. R & N Publishers: Leavenworth, KS, 1998.
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Outpost of Freedom. New York: McGraw-Hill, c1965. Avon Books, 1966. (CPT Roger H.C. Donlon as told to Warren Rogers)
Hirsch, John L. et al.
Somalia and Operation Restore Hope: Reflections on Peacemaking and Peacekeeping. Washington, D.C.: U.S.. Institute of Peace Press, 1995.
Hilsman, Roger.
American Guerrilla: My War Behind Japanese Lines. Washington, D.C.: Brassey’s Inc., 1990.
Lesca, William A.
Spearhead Groventore: Remembrances of the Campaign in Italy. Malibu, CA: Undava, 1985.
McIntosh, Elizabeth P.
Sisterhood of Spies: The Women of the OSS. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1998.
Miksche, F.O.
Special Forces: The Technique of Underground Movements. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1950.
Miller, Franklin D. with Elwood J. C. Kureth.
Reflections of a Warrior. Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 1991.
Moon, Tom.
This Grim and Savage War: OSS and the Beginnings of US Covert Operations in WWII. Los Angeles, CA: Burning Gate Press, 1991.
Plaster, John.
SOG. Boulder, CO: Palladin Press. 1998.
Rowe, James N.,
Five Years to Freedom. Boston: Little, Brown, Inc. 1971.
Sandler, Stanley.
Cease Resistance: It’s Good For You!!: History of U.S. Army Combat Psychological Operations. 2d ed. Fort Bragg, NC: USASOC, 1989.
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Glad to See Them Come: Sorry To See Them Go: History of U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Military Government. Fort Bragg, NC: USASOC, 1998.
Schemmer, Benjamin.
The RAID. New York: Harper and Row. 1986.
Suggested Volumes for Further Reading
Adleman, Robert H. and Walton, George.
The Devil’s Brigade. Philadelphia: Chilton Books, 1960.
Alsop, Stewart and Braden, Thomas.
The OSS and American Espionage. 2d ed. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World. 1964.
Altieri, James J.
The Spearheaders. Indianapolis: Bobbs - Merrill, 1960.
Darby, William O. and Baumer, William H.
Darby’s Rangers: We Led The Way. San Rafael: Presidio Press, 1980.
Dunlay, Thomas W.
Wolves for Blue Soldiers: Indian Scouts and Auxiliaries with the United States Army, 1860-90. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1982.
Dunlop, Richard.
Behind Japanese Lines: With the OSS in Burma. Chicago: Rand McNally. 1979.
Fisher, Noel C.
War At Every Door, Partisan Politics and Guerrilla Violence in East Tennessee 1860 – 1869. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1997.
Galvin, John R.
The Minute Men: The First Fight: Myths and Realities of the American Revolution. Washington, D.C.: Brassey’s Publishing in conjunction with The Association of the U.S. Army. 1989
Harkins, Phillip.
Blackburn’s Headhunters. New York: Norton, 1955.
Hilsman, Roger.
To Move A Nation: The Politics of Foreign Policy In the Administration of John F. Kennedy. New York: Doubleday, 1967.
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The Cuban Missile Crisis: The Struggle Over Policy. Westport, CT: Praeger Press, 1996.
Hunter, Charles N.
GALAHAD. San Antonio, TX: Naylor Press, 1963.
Kelly, Francis J.,
Vietnam Studies: U.S. Army Special Forces, 1961-1971. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Army Center of Military History, 1973.
Mole, Robert L.
The Montagnards of South Vietnam: A Study of Nine Tribes. Rubland Press, 1970.
Ogburn, Charles.
The Marauders. 2d Ed. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1959.
Paddock, Alfred Harlan.
Psychological and Unconventional Warfare, 1941-1952: Origins of a Special Warfare Capability in the United States Army. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan dissertation Transcripts, 1981.
Paget, Julian.
Counterinsurgency Operations: Techniques in Guerrilla Warfare. New York: Walker and Company, 1967.
Pearson, Michael.
Tears of Glory: The Heroes of the Vercors, 1944, The Climatic Battle of the French Resistance. Garden City, NY: Doubleday Inc., 1974.
Peers, William R. and Brelis, Dean.
Behind the Burma Road: The Story of America’s Most Successful Guerrilla Force. Boston: Little, Brown. 1963.
Phillips, William R.
Night of the Silver Stars: The Battle of Lang Vei. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1997.
Ramage, James A.
Gray Ghost: The Life of COL John Singleton Mosby. Louisville, KY: University of Kentucky Press, 1990.
Rendell, Kenneth W.
With Weapons with Propaganda and Psychological Warfare in World War II. Lexington, MA: Amherst Press, 1991.
Roosevelt, Kermit.
War Report of the OSS. 2 vols. New York: Walker & Co., 1976.
Shackleton, Ronald A.
Village Defense: Initial Special Forces Operations in Vietnam. Arvada, CO: Phoenix Press, 1975.
Simpson III, Charles M.
Inside the Green Berets: The First Thirty Years. Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 1983.
Smith, Bradley.
The Shadow Warriors. New York: Basic Books, 1983.
Stanton, Shelby.
Vietnam: Order of Battle. Washington, D.C.: US News Books, 1983.
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Special Forces At War: A Pictorial History. Howell Press, 1989.
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Rangers At War: LRRPs in Vietnam. New York: Ballantine Books, 1993.
Stewart, Richard W., Dr. Sandley Sandler, Dr. Joseph R. Fischer.
To Free From Oppression: A Concise History of U.S. Army Special Forces, Civil Affairs, Psychological Operations and the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School. 3d. Ed. Fort Bragg, NC: United States Army Special Operations Command, 1996.
Stockwell, David B.
Tanks In the Wire. Canton, Ohio: Daring Press, 1989.
Sutherland, Ian D.W.
Special Forces of the United States Army 1953 – 1982. San Jose, CA: Bender Publishing, 1990.
Villamor, Jesus A.
They Never Surrendered: A True Story of Resistance in World War II. Quezon City, Philippines: Vera-Reyes, 1985.
Volckmann, Russel W.
We Remained: Three Years Behind the Enemy Lines in the Philippines. New York: Holt, 1958.
Wert, Jeffrey D.
Mosby’s Rangers: From the High Tide of the Confederacy to the Last Days at Appomattox – The Story of the Most Famous Command of the Civil War and its Legendary Leader, John S. Mosby. New York: Simon and Schuster. 1980.
Wolfert, Ira.
American Guerrilla in the Philippines. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1945.
Yarborough, William P.,
Bail Out Over North Africa. Williamstown, NJ: Phillips Publications, Inc., 1985.
Young, Peter.
Commando. New York: Ballantine. 1969.
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