United States Special Operations Forces

Perilous Options: Special Operations as an Instrument of U.S. Foreign Policy (Vandenbroucke 1993).

ORGANIZATION AND CAPABILITIES FOR U.S. SOF

U.S. SPECIAL MISSION UNITS

His Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of U.S. Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan (Stanton 2009),

Another superb study of a special operation gone wrong is Mark G. Davis’s “Operation Anaconda: Command and Confusion in Joint Warfare” (Davis 2004).

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

HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS OF U.S. SOF FROM THE COLD WAR UNTIL 9/11

McRaven, William H. Spec Ops: Case Studies in Special Operations Warfare: Theory and Practice. Novato, CA: Presidio, 1995.

Masters of Chaos: The Secret History of the Special Forces covers more recent ground (Robinson 2004).