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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 — 1,298 ratings — published 2004
Chosen Soldier: The Making of a Special Forces Warrior (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,479 ratings — published 2007
Spec Ops: Case Studies in Special Operations Warfare: Theory and Practice (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.21 — 876 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 — 2,174 ratings — published 2006
Battle Ready: Memoir of a SEAL Warrior Medic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,034 ratings — published 2012
Damn Few: Making the Modern SEAL Warrior (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.22 — 3,139 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 — 1,570 ratings — published 2011
Shadow Warriors: Inside the Special Forces (Commanders)
by (shelved 5 times as special-operations)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,646 ratings — published 2001
The Finishing School: Earning the Navy SEAL Trident (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.14 — 2,197 ratings — published 2004
Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.31 — 70,348 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 — 2,484 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 — 6,947 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 3.85 — 467 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 — 1,774 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 — 3,907 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 — 619 ratings — published 2001
Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.19 — 11,723 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 — 3,114 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 — 4,678 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 4.16 — 8,788 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 — 78,352 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 — 102,909 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 — 1,855 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 4.04 — 11,845 ratings — published 2025
The Art of Resistance: My Four Years in the French Underground (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,280 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 — 59,135 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 — 1,278 ratings — published 2022
Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History Of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, And Assassins (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.31 — 7,985 ratings — published 2019
Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.46 — 11,684 ratings — published 2019
The Jedburghs: France, 1944, and the Secret Untold History of the First Special Forces (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as special-operations)
avg rating 3.97 — 277 ratings — published 2005
The Reaper: Autobiography of One of the Deadliest Special Ops Snipers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.17 — 6,301 ratings — published
SOG: Secret Wars of America's Commandos in Vietnam (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.38 — 2,279 ratings — published 1997
My Share of the Task: A Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.11 — 2,136 ratings — published 2013
Gentlemen Bastards: On the Ground in Afghanistan with America's Elite Special Forces (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as special-operations)
avg rating 3.91 — 696 ratings — published 2012
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 — 6,193 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 — 1,850 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 — 5,603 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 — 18,502 ratings — published 2011
Hunting the Jackal: A Special Forces and CIA Soldier's Fifty Years on the Frontlines of the War Against Terrorism (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,839 ratings — published
Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.08 — 5,183 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 — 5,715 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 4.32 — 19,600 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 4.00 — 911 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 4.17 — 66 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 4.59 — 22 ratings — published
No Hero: The Evolution of a Navy SEAL (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.14 — 5,417 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 — 13,363 ratings — published 2017
The Crossroad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,483 ratings — published 2013
Operation Jedburgh: D-Day and America's First Shadow War (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.20 — 177 ratings — published 2006
Secret Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines with the Elite Warriors of SOG (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.61 — 661 ratings — published 2004
“To summarize the argument so far, SOF's strategic value is in part a function of their intrinsic attributes, which are grounded in their commando and warrior-diplomat skills, which they may employ directly or indirectly, independently, or in support of conventional-force operations.”
― United States Special Operations Forces
― United States Special Operations Forces
“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
