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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 — 1,285 ratings — published 2004
Chosen Soldier: The Making of a Special Forces Warrior (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,437 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 — 852 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 — 2,163 ratings — published 2006
Battle Ready: Memoir of a SEAL Warrior Medic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,021 ratings — published 2012
Damn Few: Making the Modern SEAL Warrior (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.22 — 3,120 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 — 1,541 ratings — published 2011
Shadow Warriors: Inside the Special Forces (Commanders)
by (shelved 5 times as special-operations)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,632 ratings — published 2001
The Finishing School: Earning the Navy SEAL Trident (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.14 — 2,182 ratings — published 2004
Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.30 — 69,180 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 — 2,382 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 — 6,595 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 — 430 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 — 1,709 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 — 3,803 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 — 615 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 — 11,511 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 — 3,073 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 4.32 — 4,569 ratings — published 2010
Without Remorse (John Clark, #1; Jack Ryan Universe Publication Order, #6)
by (shelved 4 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.22 — 76,995 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 — 101,208 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 — 1,829 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 4.11 — 7,041 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 — 1,202 ratings — published 2020
Code Over Country: The Tragedy and Corruption of SEAL Team Six (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,154 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 — 5,959 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 — 2,128 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 — 5,943 ratings — published 2008
Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of US Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.15 — 8,882 ratings — published 2009
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 — 1,824 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 — 5,507 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 — 18,268 ratings — published 2011
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 — 882 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 — 5,277 ratings — published 2014
No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.04 — 58,137 ratings — published 2012
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 — 12,842 ratings — published 2017
The Crossroad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,425 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 — 621 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 4.15 — 481 ratings — published 2023
The Janson Directive (Paul Janson, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as special-operations)
avg rating 3.89 — 9,817 ratings — published 2002
SBS – Silent Warriors: The Authorised Wartime History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.23 — 317 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 — 208 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 4.32 — 7,217 ratings — published 2019
Golden Buddha (Oregon Files, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as special-operations)
avg rating 3.93 — 15,265 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 — 5,999 ratings — published 2015
Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.36 — 17,059 ratings — published 2016
Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.46 — 11,275 ratings — published 2019
Dagger 22: U.S. Marine Corps Special Operations In Bala Murghab, Afghanistan (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as special-operations)
avg rating 4.27 — 801 ratings — published 2016
“But inevitably, after all the hardware questions had been answered, Breen would circle down to the question he’d really wanted to ask: What’s it like to blow some unsuspecting raghead’s shit away from a thousand yards? Carl always answered the same way: I tried not to think about that side of it, sir. It was a job, and I focused on the mechanics of it. Guys like Ray Breen never grasped the true nature of sniping. It was as much about concealment as it was about shooting.”
― Third Degree
― Third Degree
“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
