Good books...

[ConspiracyPerson]

Can you guys point me to any good books? I was maybe wondering about a book that maybe was sorta a guide to all Special Forces in the world. But it can be on any...

[Dark Helmet]

There are a load of folks out here that are pretty well-read, and we should be able to help, but......

Can you narrow the focus a bit as to where your interests are? Any book that generically covered all SpecOps in the world (or the US, for that matter), would either lack in substance or be too big to read!

[Daredevil]

For descriptions of training and things like that there is a good book called "The Commandos" by Douglas Waller. It doesn't have Rangers in it but the guy who wrote it observed Navy SEAL Hell Week, observed a week of Special Forces training in the Robin Sage exercise, and it has probably the best description of Delta Force's Selection course that I've been able to find in any publicly available source.

[trident86]

I know we're over the Vietnam era, more or less, but check out "The Dying Place", by David Maurer. I just picked up an old copy at a used book sale.

[Dark Helmet]

OK then, if we are just tossing books out....howabout "Crippled Eagle; the US Special Operations Forces 1976-1996" by USAF (then) MAJ Rod Lenehan. He was J-2 for Operation Rice Bowl. Great read overall, and expecially good insight on the Blue Light vs Delta rivalry in the late seventies.

Please let us know where we could be more specific(?)

[ConspiracyPerson]

Well i was thinking more about the French special forces. I'm not implying anything but i hear the French military is one of the best and would like to read about they're special forces in depth.

[Dark Helmet]

Son, figure out what your question is and post it.

[huey14]

Try Inside The Foreign by John Douglas, more of a history than anything else, but quite a bit of modern relevance too.

[dsumner]

Try "French Special Forces" it gives a pretty good overview of their COS (special Operations Command. It alos provides a little info on some of their other units (GCP, 13th RDP, 2 REP).

[Jeff Rambo]

For any of you [Hopefuls] out there, here's some good selections for you to pick up from your local library. And just to note, most of these you'll probably be better off either buying or going directly to the central library branch, not any of the smaller branches.

Just to note, there are a few Polysci (Political Science) and International Relations books thrown in there as well, it wouldn't hurt for any of you to pick up one or two and just familiarize yourselves with the way our "system" works, as well as the system of foreign nations. Just a thought.
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· The Commandos by Douglas Waller

· Crippled Eagle; The US Special Operations Forces 1976-1996 by Maj. Rod Lenehan

· Delta Force by Charlie Beckwith

· The Art of War by Sun Tzu

· On War by Carl Von Clausewitz

· The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

· A Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi

· Infantry Combat: The Rifle Platoon: An Interactive Exercise in Small-Unit Tactics and Leadership by John Antal

· SOG by John L. Plaster

· To Fight With Intrepidity by John D. Lock

· Bravo Two Zero by Andy McNab

· Immediate Action by Andy McNab

· Gone Native by Alan Cornett

· The Globalization of World Politics: An Intro to International Relations by John Baylis and Steve Smith

· World Politics: Trend and Transformation by Charles W. Kegrey

· The Penguin Dictionary of International Relations by Graham Evans and Jeffrey Newnham

· Inside Terrorism by Bruce Hoffman

· Origins of Terrorism: Psychologies, Ideologies, Theologies, States of Mind by Walter Reich and Walter Laqueur

· The Age of Terrorism and the International Political System by Adrian Guelke

· Guide to Methods for students of Political Science by Stephen Van Evera

· A Necessary Evil: A History of American Distrust of Government by Garry Wills

· The Art of Strategy: A new translation of Sun Tzu’s classic, The Art of War by Sun Tzu and R.R. Wing

Excuse me in advance if I misspelled any of the authors names wrong, I'm in a hurry ... heh

RLTW


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Jeff Rambo

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