Reference Library
This is by no means a complete
list of U.S. Army Special Forces reference materials. I'll
continue to add to the list as I check out the materials. Please
feel free to submit your recommendations.
Department of the Army
Publications
- Doctrine for Special Forces
Operations, FM 31-20, Department of the Army, April 1990.
- Doctrine for Army Special
Operations Forces, FM 100-25, Department of the Army, April
1990.
- Special Forces Operational
Techniques, FM 31-20, Department of the Army, 1965.
- Special Forces Air Operations,
TC 31-24, Department of the Army, September 1988.
- Special Forces Waterborne
Operations, TC 31-25, Department of the Army, October 1988.
- Special Operations Forces
Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Operations, FM 34-36,
Department of the Army, July 1990.
- To Free from Opression: A
Concise History of U.S. Army Special Forces, Civil Affairs,
Psycholoqical Operations and the John F. Kennedy Special
Warfare Center and School, Stanley Sandler, USASOC
Historical Monograph Series, 1994.
- U.S. Army Operational Concept
for Special Operations Forces, TRADOC PAM 525-34, Department
of the Army, July 1984.
- U.S. Army Special Forces
Medical Handbook, ST 31-91B, Volumes 1 and 2, U.S. Army
Institute for Military Assistance, 1982.
- Vietnam Studies: U.S. Army
Special Forces, 1961-1971. Col. Francis J. Kelly, Department
of the Army, 1973.
Non-Fiction
- The Company They Keep: Life
Inside the U.S. Army Special Forces. Anna Simmons, The Free
Press (Simon & Schuster), 1997.
- Commando: Winning the Green
Beret. Hugh McManners, BBC Publications, October 1995.
- Unconventional Warfare:
Rebuilding U.S. Special Operations Forces (The Rediscovering
Government Series). Susan L. Marquis, Brookings Institute,
June 1997.
- Delta: America's Elite
Counterterrorist Force (The Power Series). Terry Griswold,
D.M. Giangreco, Motorbooks, September 1992.
- Concise History of U.S. Army
Special Operations Forces, Vol. 1. Geoffrey T. Barker,
Anglo-American Publishing, 1993.
- Five Years to Freedom. James
N. Rowe, New York, Ballantine, 1981.
- Green Berets at War: U.S. Army
Special Forces in Southeast Asia, 1956-1975. Shelby L.
Stanton, Presidio Press, 1985.
- Green Berets: Unconventional
Warriors. Hans Halberstadt, Presidio Press, California,
1988.
- Inside the Green Berets: The
First Thirty Years. Charles M. Simpson, III, USA, Ret.,
Presidio Press, 1983.
- From OSS to Green Berets: The
Birth of Special Forces. Aaron Bank, Col., USA, Ret.,
Presidio Press, 1986.
- The Commandos. Douglas C.
Waller, Simon & Schuster, 1994.
- Outpost of Freedom, Roger H.
C. Donlon, New York: McGraw Hill, 1965.
- U.S. Army Special Warfare: Its
Origins. Alfred H. Paddock, National Defense University,
1982.
- U.S. Army Special Forces
1952-1984. Gordon L. Rottman, Osprey Elite Series, Osprey
Publishing, Ltd., London, 1985.
- The New Face of War: Commando
Operations. Time-Life Books, Alexandria, Virginia, 1991.
- A Murder In Wartime: The
Untold Spy Story that Changed the Course of the Vietnam War.
Jeff Stein, St. Martin's Press, NY, 1992.
- Secret Warriors: Inside the
Covert Military Operations of the Reagan Era. Stephen
Emerson, G.P. Putnam Sons, NY, 1988.
- Code Name: Copperhead: My
True-Life Exploits as a Special Forces Soldier. SGM Joe R.
Garner with Avrum M. Fine, Simon & Schuster, NY, 1994.
- Uneasy Warriors - Coming Back
Home: The Perilous Journey of the Green Berets. Vincent
Coppola, Longstreet Press, Atlanta, GA., 1995.
- The Raid. Benjamin F. Schemmer,
Avon Books, 1976.
- War Story. Jim Morris
- Mike Force. LTC "Bucky"
Burrus.
- War Stories of the Green
Berets: The Vietnam Experience. Hans Halberstadt, Motorbooks
International Publishers & Wholesalers, Osceola, WI,
1994.
Fiction
- The Green Berets. Robin Moore,
1966.
- Crossfire. J.C. Pollock, Dell
Publishing, 1982.
- Mission M.I.A. J.C. Pollock,
Dell Publishing, 1985.
- Clear and Present Danger. Tom
Clancy, 1990.
Movies
- Executive Decision. 1996
(Stephen Segal)
- Dumbo Drop. 1995 (Danny
Glover).
- Clear and Present Danger. 1994
(Harrison Ford).
- The Green Berets. 1967, (John
Wayne).
- The Deer Hunter. (Robert
DeNiro).
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