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Special Operations Books
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Masters of Chaos: The Secret History of the Special Forces (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as special-operations)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,287 ratings — published 2004
Chosen Soldier: The Making of a Special Forces Warrior (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,445 ratings — published 2007
Spec Ops: Case Studies in Special Operations Warfare: Theory and Practice (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.20 — 857 ratings — published 1996
Roughneck Nine-One: The Extraordinary Story of a Special Forces A-Team at War (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.04 — 2,166 ratings — published 2006
Battle Ready: Memoir of a SEAL Warrior Medic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,024 ratings — published 2012
Damn Few: Making the Modern SEAL Warrior (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.22 — 3,123 ratings — published 2013
Inside SEAL Team Six: My Life and Missions with America's Elite Warriors (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as special-operations)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,554 ratings — published 2011
Shadow Warriors: Inside the Special Forces (Commanders)
by (shelved 5 times as special-operations)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,637 ratings — published 2001
The Finishing School: Earning the Navy SEAL Trident (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.14 — 2,186 ratings — published 2004
Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.31 — 69,502 ratings — published 1999
Relentless Strike: The Secret History of Joint Special Operations Command (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.27 — 2,418 ratings — published 2015
Alone at Dawn: Medal of Honor Recipient John Chapman and the Untold Story of the World's Deadliest Special Operations Force (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.32 — 6,697 ratings — published 2019
First SEALs: The Untold Story of the Forging of America's Most Elite Unit (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as special-operations)
avg rating 3.81 — 431 ratings — published 2014
Men in Green Faces: A Novel of U.S. Navy SEALs (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,723 ratings — published 1992
Delta Force: The Army's Elite Counterterrorist Unit (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,833 ratings — published
Special Forces: A Guided Tour of U.S. Army Special Forces (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as special-operations)
avg rating 3.74 — 620 ratings — published 2001
Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.18 — 11,597 ratings — published 2002
Kill Bin Laden: A Delta Force Commander's Account of the Hunt for the World's Most Wanted Man (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.06 — 3,083 ratings — published 2008
The Only Thing Worth Dying For: How Eleven Green Berets Forged a New Afghanistan (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.33 — 4,594 ratings — published 2010
Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of US Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.15 — 8,932 ratings — published 2009
Without Remorse (John Clark, #1; Jack Ryan Universe Publication Order, #6)
by (shelved 4 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.22 — 77,340 ratings — published 1993
Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.34 — 101,684 ratings — published 2006
Jawbreaker: The Attack on Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda: A Personal Account by the CIA's Key Field Commander (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as special-operations)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,836 ratings — published 2005
The Fort Bragg Cartel: Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.08 — 8,540 ratings — published 2025
The Art of Resistance: My Four Years in the French Underground (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,225 ratings — published 2020
No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.04 — 58,425 ratings — published 2012
Code Over Country: The Tragedy and Corruption of SEAL Team Six (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,186 ratings — published 2022
The Reaper: Autobiography of One of the Deadliest Special Ops Snipers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.17 — 6,051 ratings — published
SOG: Secret Wars of America's Commandos in Vietnam (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.37 — 2,181 ratings — published 1997
The Mission, the Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.33 — 5,995 ratings — published 2008
Killer Elite: The Inside Story of America's Most Secret Special Operations Team (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as special-operations)
avg rating 3.93 — 1,827 ratings — published 2006
Lions of Kandahar: The Story of a Fight Against All Odds (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.34 — 5,544 ratings — published 2011
SEAL Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.06 — 18,348 ratings — published 2011
Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.08 — 5,155 ratings — published 2012
SAS Survival Handbook: How to Survive in the Wild, in Any Climate, on Land or at Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.25 — 5,665 ratings — published 1986
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.31 — 19,152 ratings — published 2004
The Green Berets: The Amazing Story of the U. S. Army's Elite Special Forces Unit (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as special-operations)
avg rating 3.99 — 890 ratings — published 1965
The Complete History of the SAS: The Full Inside Story of the World's Most Feared Elite Fighting Force (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.19 — 63 ratings — published 2004
Special Reconnaissance and Advanced Small Unit Patrolling: Tactics, Techniques and Procedures for Special Operations Forces (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.55 — 20 ratings — published
No Hero: The Evolution of a Navy SEAL (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.14 — 5,322 ratings — published 2014
The Operator: Firing the Shots that Killed Osama bin Laden and My Years as a SEAL Team Warrior (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.42 — 12,999 ratings — published 2017
The Crossroad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,442 ratings — published 2013
Secret Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines with the Elite Warriors of SOG (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.60 — 632 ratings — published 2004
By All Means Available: Memoirs of a Life in Intelligence, Special Operations, and Strategy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.14 — 490 ratings — published 2023
The Janson Directive (Paul Janson, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as special-operations)
avg rating 3.89 — 9,837 ratings — published 2002
SBS – Silent Warriors: The Authorised Wartime History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.24 — 322 ratings — published 2021
The Quiet Professional: Major Richard J. Meadows of the U.S. Army Special Forces (American Warrior Series)
by (shelved 2 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.39 — 211 ratings — published 2011
Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History Of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, And Assassins (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.31 — 7,410 ratings — published 2019
Golden Buddha (Oregon Files, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as special-operations)
avg rating 3.93 — 15,332 ratings — published 2003
Ashley's War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.32 — 6,031 ratings — published 2015
“Now, there’s danger in remaining too calm, in building up resistance to fear. The problem with not being afraid anymore is that you get complacent. You let your guard down. You get lazy. Mistakes creep in. And it doesn’t matter what line of work you’re in; mistakes can be lethal. Complacency kills.”
― The Way Forward: Master Life's Toughest Battles and Create Your Lasting Legacy
― The Way Forward: Master Life's Toughest Battles and Create Your Lasting Legacy
“First, never let your opponent figure out what you’re doing—deception at all times. Second, always leave yourself a way out.”
― The Gathering Elements
― The Gathering Elements
