Pete Blaber’s book, The Mission, the Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander, came out the same year as Boykin’s memoir (Blaber 2008).

REFERENCE SOURCES ON U.S. SOF

Waller, Douglas C. The Commandos: The Inside Story of America’s Secret Soldiers. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994.

None Braver: U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen in the War on Terrorism (Hirsh 2003).

Deadly Blue: Battle Stories of the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (Pushies 2009),

John Piedmont’s Det One: U.S. Marine Corps U.S. Special Operations Command Detachment, 2003–2006

Forging a Special Operations Force: The US Army Rangers (Caraccilo 2015).

The legislation, known as the Nunn-Cohen amendment for Senators Sam Nunn (D–Georgia) and William Cohen (R–Maine), established SOCOM, with a four-star general in charge, bringing SOF from all the services under one command.

Colin Gray’s article, “Handful of Heroes on Desperate Ventures: When Do Special Operations Succeed?” (Gray 1999).