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Civilian Irregular Defense Group 1961

Lost Crusader by John Prados
Call Number: UB271.U52 C657 2003
ISBN: 9780195128475
An account of one of the nation's most controversial CIA directors looks back on a life spent fighting Communism, from his salad days in the OSS to his involvement in the Phoenix program in Vietnam and the Indonesian coup of 1965
U. S. Army Special Forces by Francis Kelly
Call Number: DS557.A632 K44 1973
ISBN: 9781946411761
Discusses the training of Vietnamese soldiers, regional forces, and popular forces by U.S. special forces troops.
Vietnam's High Ground by J. P. Harris
ISBN: 9780700622832
Publication Date: 2016-09-12
The most comprehensive and accurate examination of one of the least studied and least understood theaters--the Central Highlands--in what Americans came to call the Vietnam War (or what the Vietnamese called the Second Indochina War, following France's defeat in 1954). Focusing on the 1960-1965 period, Harris provides a detailed look at and evaluation of military operations by both sides, culminating in three chapters devoted to the famous battles in the Ia Drang river valley

Vietnam's High Ground by J. P. Harris
ISBN: 9780700622849
Publication Date: 2016-09-12
The most comprehensive and accurate examination of one of the least studied and least understood theaters--the Central Highlands--in what Americans came to call the Vietnam War (or what the Vietnamese called the Second Indochina War, following France's defeat in 1954). Focusing on the 1960-1965 period, Harris provides a detailed look at and evaluation of military operations by both sides, culminating in three chapters devoted to the famous battles in the Ia Drang river valley.
Vietnam Studies - U. S. Army Special Forces 1961-1971 by Francis John Kelly; Verne L. Bowers (Introduction by)
ISBN: 9781782893578
Publication Date: 2014-08-15
In 1957 some fifty-eight Vietnamese soldiers were given military training by Special Forces troops. Ten years later the Special Forces were advising and assisting over 40,000 paramilitary troops, along with another 40,000 Regional Forces and Popular Forces soldiers. This monograph traces the development and notes the progress, problems, successes, and failures of a unique program undertaken by the U.S. Army for the first time in its history. It is hoped that all the significant lessons learned have been recorded and the many pitfalls of such a program uncovered.

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Harris, J. P. (2016). Vietnam's high ground: armed struggle for the Central Highlands, 1954-1965. University Press of Kansas.

Hoey, S. P. (2014). The civilian irregular defense group: behind the decision to change operational control. United States Army Command and General Staff College. https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA612252.pdf

Jones, R. W. (2007). A team effort: The Montagnard uprising of September 1964. Veritas, 3(2), 53-67. https://arsof-history.org/articles

Kelly, F.J. (1973). U.S. Army Special Forces, 1961-1971. Department of the Army.

Lawton, J.L. (1975). The crucial years, 1960-1964.The development and training of the South Vietnamese Army, 1950-1972 (p.17-45). Department of the Army. http://webdoc.sub.gwdg.de/ebook/p/2005/CMH_2/www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/vietnam/devtrainrvn/ch2.htm

Piasecki, E.G. (2009). Civilian Irregular Defense Group: The first years: 1961-1967. Veritas, 5(4), 19-28. https://smallwarsjournal.com/documents/cidgprogram.pdf .

Prados, J. (2003). Lost crusader: the secret wars of CIA director William Colby. Oxford University Press.

MACVSOG 1964

Black Ops, Vietnam by Gillespie
Call Number: DS558.4 .G57 2011
ISBN: 9781591143215
A complete chronological history of the unit drawn from declassified documents, memoirs, and previous works on the subject, which tended to focus only on particular aspects of the unit's operations.
Macv by Graham A. Cosmas
Call Number: DS558 .C68 2006
ISBN: 9780160723674
Covers the United States buildup in Vietnam from every angle: strategy, operations, tactics, logistics, inter-service relations, personnel policy, diplomacy, civil relations, and the handling of the news media to show how the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV) developed and became the linchpin holding the entire American effort in Vietnam together.
Secret Green Beret Commandos in Cambodia by Ltc Fred S. Lindsey Usa Ret
Call Number: DS558.92 .L56 2012
ISBN: 9781477273081
This book tells the first published history of Command and Control Detachment South (CCS) as compiled by its last living commander, some forty years after they were disbanded. It tells of the struggles and intrigue involved in SOG s development as the modern-day legacy of our modern Special Operations Commands.
The Secret War Against Hanoi by Richard H. Shultz
Call Number: DS559.8. M44 S58 1999
ISBN: 9780060194543
Based on thousands of pages of recently declassified top-secret SOG [Special Operations Group] documents, as well as interviews with sixty officers who ran SOG's covert programs and the senior officials who directed this secret war, including Robert McNamara, Walt Rostow, Richard Helms, William Colby, William Westmoreland, and Victor Krulak
SOG by John L. Plaster
Call Number: DS558.92 .P549 2000
ISBN: 9781581600582
This is the companion photo history to SOG. More than 700 irreplaceable photos bring to life the stories of SOG legends and documents what really happened deep inside enemy territory.
SOG by John L. Plaster
Call Number: DS558.92 .P55 1997
ISBN: 9780684811055
Now the never-before-revealed exploits of this top-secret commando unit are vividly recounted by Major John L. Plaster, a three-tour SOG veteran." "SOG took on the most dangerous assignments, going behind enemy lines to penetrate North Vietnamese military facilities in Laos and Cambodia and along the heavily defended Ho Chi Minh Trail, where only air support - and sometimes no support at all - was available.
SOG, MACV Studies and Observations Group by Harve Saal
Call Number: DS558.4 .S23 1990
ISBN: 9780962597022
Volumes 2, 3, and 4 are available for in-library use. Ask a library staff member for access.
SOG Chronicles by John Stryker Meyer
Call Number: DS558.92 .M492 2018
ISBN: 9780983256786
The centerpiece of SOG Chronicles Volume One is the 1970 story of Operation Tailwind, features a SOG element of 16 Green Berets and 120 indigenous soldiers that went deeper into Laos than any operation during the secret war.

Black Ops, Vietnam by Gillespie
ISBN: 9781591143215
A complete chronological history of the unit drawn from declassified documents, memoirs, and previous works on the subject, which tended to focus only on particular aspects of the unit's operations.
US MACV-SOG Reconnaissance Team in Vietnam by Gordon L. Rottman; Brian Delf (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781849089425
Publication Date: 2011-09-20
In 1964 Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, activated a joint unconventional task force known as the Studies and Observation Group-MACV-SOG. As a cover its mission was to conduct analysis of lessons learned in combat by all branches of service. SOG's real mission was to conduct covert strategic reconnaissance missions into Laos, Cambodia and South Vietnam as well as sabotage and 'Black' psychological operations. Ground, air and naval assets were employed to insert, collect, extract, and otherwise support these operations. This book tells the complete story of these covert agents, from their recruitment and training, through to their deadly black-ops in the jungles of Vietnam.
We Few by Nick Brokhausen
ISBN: 9781504008198
Publication Date: 2018-04-03
In 1970, on his second tour to Vietnam, Nick Brokhausen served in Recon Team Habu, CCN. Officially, it was known as the Studies and Observations group. In fact, this Special Forces squad, which Brokhausen calls “an unwashed, profane, ribald, joyously alive fraternity,” undertook some of the most dangerous and suicidal reconnaissance missions ever in the enemy-controlled territory of Cambodia and Laos. But they didn’t infiltrate the jungles alone. They fought alongside the Montagnards—oppressed minorities from the mountain highlands, trained by the US military in guerilla tactics, armed, accustomed to the wild, and fully engaged in a war against the North Vietnamese. Together this small unit formed the backbone of ground reconnaissance in the Republic of Vietnam, racking up medals for valor—but at a terrible cost.
Whispers in the Tall Grass by Nick Brokhausen
ISBN: 9781612007762
Publication Date: 2019-10-19
On his second combat tour, Nick Brokhausen served in Recon Team Habu, CCN. This unit was part of MACV-SOG (Military Assistance Command Vietnam Studies and Observations Group), or Studies and Observations Group as it was innocuously called. The small recon companies that were the center of its activities conducted some of the most dangerous missions of the war, infiltrating areas controlled by the North Vietnamese in Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia. The companies never exceeded more than thirty Americans, yet they were the best source for the enemy's disposition and were key to the US military being able to take the war to the enemy. This was accomplished by utilizing both new and innovative technology, and tactics dating back to the French and Indian Wars. This small unit racked up one of the most impressive records of awards for valor of any unit in the history of the United States Army. It came at a terrible price, however; the number of wounded and killed in action was incredibly high. Those missions today seem suicidal. In 1970 they seemed equally so, yet these men went out day after day with their indigenous allies-Montagnard tribesmen, Vietnamese, and Chinese Nungs-and faced the challenges with courage and resolve. Whispers in the Tall Grass is the second volume of Nick's riveting memoir of his time with MACV-SOG.

Whispers in the Tall Grass by Nick Brokhausen; George Spelvin (Narrated by)
ISBN: 9781494539153
Publication Date: 2019-12-19
On his second combat tour, Nick Brokhausen served in Recon Team Habu, CCN. This unit was part of MACV-SOG (Military Assistance Command Vietnam Studies and Observations Group), or Studies and Observations Group as it was innocuously called. The small recon companies that were the center of its activities conducted some of the most dangerous missions of the war, infiltrating areas controlled by the North Vietnamese in Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia. The companies never exceeded more than thirty Americans, yet they were the best source for the enemy's disposition and were key to the US military being able to take the war to the enemy. This was accomplished by utilizing both new and innovative technology, and tactics dating back to the French and Indian Wars. This small unit racked up one of the most impressive records of awards for valor of any unit in the history of the United States Army. It came at a terrible price, however; the number of wounded and killed in action was incredibly high. Those missions today seem suicidal. In 1970 they seemed equally so, yet these men went out day after day with their indigenous allies-Montagnard tribesmen, Vietnamese, and Chinese Nungs-and faced the challenges with courage and resolve. Whispers in the Tall Grass is the second volume of Nick's riveting memoir of his time with MACV-SOG.

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Brokhausen, N. (2018). We few: Special Operation Forces in Vietnam. Casemate Publishers. https://jsou.overdrive.com/media/3933306 .

Brokhausen, N. (2021). Whispers in the tall grass: Back behind enemy lines with MACV-SOG. Casemate Publishers. https://jsou.overdrive.com/media/6412732 .

Cosmas, G. A. (2006). MACV: the joint command in the years of escalation, 1962-1967. Center of Military History, United States Army.

Eckhardt, G.S. (1974). Command and control 1950-1969. Department of the Army. https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/ADA606705 .

Gillespie, R.M. (2011). Black ops Vietnam: The operational history of MACVSOG. Naval Institute Press.

Lester, R.E. (1988). Records of the Military Assistance Command Vietnam: Part I. The war in Vietnam, 1954-1973: MACV historical office documentary collection. U.S. Army Military History Institute. https://www.lexisnexis.com/documents/academic/upa_cis/3208_RecsMACVPt1.pdf .

Lindsey, F.S. (2012). Secret Green Beret commandos in Cambodia: a memorial history of MACV-SOG's Command and Control Detachment South (CCS) and its air partners, Republic of Vietnam, 1967-1972. AuthorHouse.

Meyer, J. S. (2018). SOG Chronicles. SOG Publishing.

Plaster, J. L. (1997). SOG: the secret wars of America's commandos in Vietnam. Simon & Schuster.

Rottman, G. L. (2011). US MACV-SOG Reconnaissance Team in Vietnam. Bloomsbury Publishing. https://jsou.overdrive.com/media/626665?cid=10395 .

Saal, H. (1990). SOG, MACV Studies and Observation Group: behind enemy lines. Edwards Brothers.

Schultz, R. H. (1999). The secret war against Hanoi: Kennedy's and Johnson's use of spies, saboteurs, and covert warriors in North Vietnam. HarperCollins.

Operation Kingpin 1970

Beyond Hell and Back by Dwight Jon Zimmerman; John D. Gresham
Call Number: U262 .Z55
ISBN: 9780312363871
An inside look at seven of the most harrowing and significant Special Operations missions ever.
See pages 21-60.
Black Ops, Vietnam by Gillespie
Call Number: DS558.4 .G57 2011
ISBN: 9781591143215
A complete chronological history of the unit drawn from declassified documents, memoirs, and previous works on the subject, which tended to focus only on particular aspects of the unit's operations.
See page 307.
Proven vigilant prepared : U.S. Special Operations Command - the first 20 years by Faircount LLC
Publication Date: 2007
Spec ops : case studies in special operations warfare : theory and practice by William H. McRaven
Call Number: U262 .M37 1996
ISBN: 9780307547231
In Spec Ops, a well-organized and deeply researched study, McRaven analyzes eight classic special operations. For each of the case studies, he provides political and military context, a meticulous reconstruction of the mission itself and an analysis of the operation in relation to his six principles.
See pages 287-331

Beyond Hell and Back by Dwight Jon Zimmerman; John D. Gresham
ISBN: 9781466858428
An inside look at seven of the most harrowing and significant Special Operations missions ever.
See pages 21-60
Black Ops, Vietnam by Robert M. Gillespie
ISBN: 9781612510644
A complete chronological history of the unit drawn from declassified documents, memoirs, and previous works on the subject, which tended to focus only on particular aspects of the unit's operations.
See page 307.
Spec ops : case studies in special operations warfare : theory and practice by William H. McRaven
ISBN: 9780307547231
In Spec Ops, a well-organized and deeply researched study, McRaven analyzes eight classic special operations. For each of the case studies, he provides political and military context, a meticulous reconstruction of the mission itself and an analysis of the operation in relation to his six principles.
See pages 287-331
Warrior Elite by Nigel Cawthorne
ISBN: 9781569759691
Highly trained and equipped to kill, special-ops forces take on the world's most dangerous and courageous missions. Warrior Elite zeroes in on the most lethal special- ops encounters of all time. Helicopter gunships drop 100 Green Berets into North Vietnamese jungle on a virtual suicide mission to rescue POWs. Perfect planning and precise execution come together as Navy SEALs fire the greatest simultaneous sniper shots ever.
See pages 15-29.

Operation Kingpin - Success or Failure?
Joint Force Quarterly Spring 1997 Issue . Pages 120-124.

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Gillespie, R.M. (2011). Black ops Vietnam: The operational history of MACVSOG. Maryland: Naval Institute Press.

McRaven, W. H. (1996). Spec ops: Case studies in special operations warfare: Theory and practice. New York: Presidio Press.

Thomas, W. C. (1997, Spring). Operation Kingpin - Success or failure?. Joint Forces Quarterly. https://ndupress.ndu.edu/portals/68/Documents/jfq/jfq-15.pdf.

Zimmerman, D.J. and Gresham, J.D. (2007). Beyond hell and back: How America’s special operations forces became the world’s greatest fighting unit. New York: St. Martin’s Press.

Operation Thunderbolt 1976

90 Minutes at Entebbe by William Stevenson; Uri Dan (As told to)
Call Number: DS119.7 .S69 2015
ISBN: 9781510734388
The crisis that ended when Israeli commandos freed the hijacked Jewish passengers as well as the crew of an Air France flight from Arab and German-born terrorists of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and Uganda's ruler Idi Amin.
Citation: William, S. (1976). 90 minutes at Entebbe: The full inside story of the spectacular Israeli counterterrorism strike and the daring rescue of 103 hostages. New York: Skyhorse Publishing.
Invisible Armies by Max Boot
Call Number: U240 .B656 2012
ISBN: 9780871404244
A complete global history of guerrilla uprisings through the ages.
See, pages 451-456 (see index for additional entries)
Citation: Boot, M. (2013). Invisible armies: An epic history of guerrilla warfare from ancient times to the present. New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation.
Operation Thunderbolt by Saul David
Call Number: DS119.7 .D2977 2015
ISBN: 9780316245418
The definitive account of one of the greatest Special Forces missions ever, the Raid of Entebbe.
Citation: David, S. (2015). Operation Thunderbolt: Flight 139 and the raid on Entebbe Airport, the most audacious hostage rescue mission in history. New York: Little, Brown & Company.
Special Forces in the War Against Terrorism by Peter Harclerode
Call Number: HV6431 .H363 2001
ISBN: 9780304363797
The author investigates counter-terrorist operations from the Middle East to Northern Ireland, from Germany to Columbia.
Citation: Harclerode, P. (2000). Secret soldiers: Special forces in the war against terrorism. London: Cassell & Co.
Special Operations and Strategy by James D. Kiras
Call Number: U262 .K58 2006
ISBN: 9780415702126
Provides examples to demonstarte how the key to understanding how special operations reside in the concept of strategic attrition and in the moral and material nature of strategy.
See index for Operation Jonathan (Entebbe raid, 1979).
Citation: Kiras, J.D. (2006). Special operations and strategy: From World War II to the war on terrorism. London: Routledge.
Spec ops : case studies in special operations warfare : theory and practice by William H. McRaven
Call Number: U262 .M37 1996
ISBN: 9780307547231
See Chapter 9, pages 333- 380.
Citation: McRaven, W.H. (1995). Spec ops: Case Studies in Special Operations Warfare: Theory and Practice. New York: Presidio.
Yoni's Last Battle by Iddo Netanyahu; Yoram Hazoni (Translator)
Call Number: DS119.7 .N4413 2002
ISBN: 9652292834
This book portrays the men who carried out an incredibly hazardous operation in far-away Africa. Above all, it depicts the heroic -- and tragic -- figure of their commander, Yoni.
Citation: Netanyahu, I. (2002). Yoni’s last battle: The rescue at Entebbe, 1976. New York: Gefen Books.

90 Minutes at Entebbe by William Stevenson; Uri Dan (As told to)
ISBN: 1629144428
The crisis that ended when Israeli commandos freed the hijacked Jewish passengers as well as the crew of an Air France flight from Arab and German-born terrorists of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and Uganda's ruler Idi Amin.
Citation: William, S. (1976). 90 minutes at Entebbe: The full inside story of the spectacular Israeli counterterrorism strike and the daring rescue of 103 hostages. New York: Skyhorse Publishing.
Operation Thunderbolt by Saul David
ISBN: 9780316245418
The definitive account of one of the greatest Special Forces missions ever, the Raid of Entebbe.
Citation: David, S. (2015). Operation Thunderbolt: Flight 139 and the raid on Entebbe Airport, the most audacious hostage rescue mission in history. New York: Little, Brown & Company.
Special Operations and Strategy by James D. Kiras
ISBN: 9780415702126
Provides examples to demonstarte how the key to understanding how special operations reside in the concept of strategic attrition and in the moral and material nature of strategy.
See index for Operation Jonathan (Entebbe raid, 1979).
Spec ops : case studies in special operations warfare : theory and practice by William H. McRaven
ISBN: 9780307547231
See Chapter 9, pages 333- 380.
Citation: McRaven, W.H. (1995). Spec ops: Case Studies in Special Operations Warfare: Theory and Practice. New York: Presidio.

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Keesing’s Record of World Events

Below are the citations for the items listed under the Books, eBooks, and Additional Resources tabs.

Boot, M. (2013). Invisible armies: An epic history of guerrilla warfare from ancient times to the present. New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation.

David, S. (2015). Operation Thunderbolt: Flight 139 and the raid on Entebbe Airport, the most audacious hostage rescue mission in history. New York: Little, Brown & Company.

East. R. (1976). Keesing’s Record of World Events (Vol.22). London: Longman. Retrieved from http://web.stanford.edu/group/tomzgroup/pmwiki/uploads/1377-1976-08-KS-a-RCW.pdf

Harclerode, P. (2000). Secret soldiers: Special forces in the war against terrorism. London: Cassell & Co.

Kiras, J.D. (2006). Special operations and strategy: From World War II to the war on terrorism. London: Routledge.

McRaven, W.H. (1995). Spec ops: Case Studies in Special Operations Warfare: Theory and Practice. New York: Presidio.

Netanyahu, I. (2002). Yoni’s last battle: The rescue at Entebbe, 1976. New York: Gefen Books.

William, S. (1976). 90 minutes at Entebbe: The full inside story of the spectacular Israeli counterterrorism strike and the daring rescue of 103 hostages. New York: Skyhorse Publishing.

El Salvador 1982-1992

America's Dirty Wars by Russell Crandall
Call Number: U167.5.I8 C73 2014
ISBN: 9781107003132
Examines the long, complex experience of American involvement in irregular warfare.
See Table of Contents for Chapter 25, “El Salvador, 1979-1992”.
See Index for various other entries for El Salvador.
Citation: Crandall, R. (2014). America’s dirty wars: Irregular warfare from 1776 to the war on terror. New York: Cambridge University Press.
America and Guerrilla Warfare by Anthony James Joes
Call Number: E181 .J64 2000
ISBN: 9780813190952
Analyzes conflicts in which Americans have participated in the role of, on the side of, or in opposition to guerrilla forces, providing a broad comparative and historical perspective on these types of engagements.
See Chapter 8, “El Salvador: A Long War in a Small Country”
Citation:Joes, A.J. (2000). America and guerrilla warfare. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky.
American Military Policy in Small Wars by Andrew J. Bacevich; J. D. Hallums; R. H. White; T. F. Young
Call Number: UA23 .A6615 1988
ISBN: 9780080367231
Citation: Bacevich, A.J., Hallums, J.D., White, R.H., & Yound, T.F. (1988). American military policy in small wars: The case of El Salvador. Washington: Pergamon-Brassey’s.
The Complexity of Modern Asymmetric Warfare by Max G. Manwaring; John T. Fishel (Foreword by); Edwin G. Corr (Afterword by)
Call Number: U163 .M2687 2012
ISBN: 9780806142654
Provides invaluable tools for fighting such wars by taking enemy perspectives into consideration. Using case studies, Manwaring outlines vital survival lessons for leaders and organizations concerned with national security in our contemporary world.
See pages 19-29 and index for various entries
Citation:Manwaring, M.G. (2012). The complexity of modern asymmetric warfare. Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press.
Contra Cross by William R. Meara
Call Number: F1439 .M43 2006
ISBN: 9781591145189
Explores the moral and ideological issues of the Central American wars. Meara's experiences with insurgency and counterinsurgency allow him to provide critically important insights on why the United States has such difficulty dealing with ragtag armies of third-world rebels.
See Chapter 4, “El Salvador”
Citation: Meara, W. R. (2010). Contra cross: Insurgency and tyranny in Central America, 1979-1989. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Review Press.
The Killing Zone by Stephen G. Rabe
Call Number: F1418 .R235 2016
ISBN: 9780190216252
A comprehensive yet concise analysis of U.S. policies in Latin America during the Cold War.
See Index for various entries.
Citation: Rabe, S.G. (2016). The killing zone: The United States wages cold war in Latin America. New York: Oxford University Press.
Locals Rule by Austin Long; Stephanie Pezard; Bryce Loidolt; Todd C. Helmus
Call Number: U241 .L63 2012
ISBN: 9780833076595
Analyzes the use and management of local defense forces in eight major counterinsurgencies from 1945 to the present--Indochina, Algeria, South Vietnam, Oman, El Salvador, Southern Lebanon, Afghanistan, and Iraq--in order to inform U.S. and allied operations in Afghanistan as well as other current or future conflicts.
Citation: Long, A., Pezard, S., Loidolt, B., & Helmus, T.C. (2012). Locals rule: Historical lessons for creating local defense forces for Afghanistan and beyond. Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation
Masters of Chaos by Linda Robinson
Call Number: UA34.S64 R644 2004
ISBN: 9781586482497
A renowned journalist and foreign affairs expert relates the history of United States Special Forces through the first-hand experiences of a select group of American commandos.
See Index for various entries on El Salvador.
Citation: Robinson, L. (2004). Masters of chaos: The secret history of Special Forces. New York: Public Affairs.
Training surrogate forces in international humanitarian law: lessons from Peru, Colombia, El Salvador, and Iraq by Patrick Paterson
Call Number: U408.3 .P384 2016
ISBN: 9781941715185
Patrick Paterson's monograph leverages his vast experience in Latin American history to examine how U.S. Special Operations Forces (USSOF) train surrogate forces.
Citation: Paterson, P. (2016). Training surrogate forces in international humanitarian law: Lessons from Peru, Colombia, El Salvador, and Iraq. MacDill Air Force Base, Florida: The JSOU Press.

Locals Rule by Austin Long; Stephanie Pezard; Bryce Loidolt; Todd C. Helmus
ISBN: 9780833076595
Analyzes the use and management of local defense forces in eight major counterinsurgencies from 1945 to the present--Indochina, Algeria, South Vietnam, Oman, El Salvador, Southern Lebanon, Afghanistan, and Iraq--in order to inform U.S. and allied operations in Afghanistan as well as other current or future conflicts.
Citation: Long, A., Pezard, S., Loidolt, B., & Helmus, T.C. (2012). Locals rule: Historical lessons for creating local defense forces for Afghanistan and beyond. Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation
Masters of Chaos by Linda Robinson
ISBN: 9780786738151
A renowned journalist and foreign affairs expert relates the history of United States Special Forces through the first-hand experiences of a select group of American commandos.
See Index for various entries on El Salvador.
Citation: Robinson, L. (2004). Masters of chaos: The secret history of Special Forces. New York: Public Affairs.
Training surrogate forces in international humanitarian law: lessons from Peru, Colombia, El Salvador, and Iraq by Patrick Paterson
ISBN: 9781941715185
Patrick Paterson's monograph leverages his vast experience in Latin American history to examine how U.S. Special Operations Forces (USSOF) train surrogate forces.
Citation: Paterson, P. (2016). Training surrogate forces in international humanitarian law: Lessons from Peru, Colombia, El Salvador, and Iraq. MacDill Air Force Base, Florida: The JSOU Press.

Masters of Chaos by Linda Robinson
ISBN: 9780786738151
A renowned journalist and foreign affairs expert relates the history of United States Special Forces through the first-hand experiences of a select group of American commandos.
See Index for various entries on El Salvador.
Citation: Robinson, L. (2004). Masters of chaos: The secret history of Special Forces. New York: Public Affairs.

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Collections cover the most critical world events, countries, and U.S. policy decisions from post-World War II through the 21st century, providing unparalleled access to the defining international strategies of our time with more than 150,000 indexed, declassified government documents.
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RAND’s El Salvador Topic Collection

Below are the citations for the items listed under the Books, eBooks, eAudiobooks, and Additional Resources tabs.

Bacevich, A.J., Hallums, J.D., White, R.H., & Yound, T.F. (1988). American military policy in small wars: The case of El Salvador. Washington: Pergamon-Brassey’s.

Crandall, R. (2014). America’s dirty wars: Irregular warfare from 1776 to the war on terror. New York: Cambridge University.

Joes, A.J. (2000). America and guerrilla warfare. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky.

Long, A., Pezard, S., Loidolt, B., & Helmus, T.C. (2012). Locals rule: Historical lessons for creating local defense forces for Afghanistan and beyond. Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation.

Manwaring, M.G. (2012). The complexity of modern asymmetric warfare. Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press.

Meara, W. R. (2010). Contra cross: Insurgency and tyranny in Central America, 1979-1989. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Review Press.

Paterson, P. (2016). Training surrogate forces in international humanitarian law: Lessons from Peru, Colombia, El Salvador, and Iraq. MacDill Air Force Base, Florida: The JSOU Press.

Rabe, S.G. (2016). The killing zone: The United States wages cold war in Latin America. New York: Oxford University Press.

Robinson, L. (2004). Masters of chaos: The secret history of Special Forces. New York: Public Affairs.

Operation Urgent Fury Grenada 1983

Grenada by Anthony J. Payne; Paul Sutton; Tony Thorndike
Call Number: F2056.P39 1985
ISBN: 9780312350437
Grenada : revolution, invasion and aftermath by Hugh O'Shaughnessy
Call Number: F2056.8 .O84 1984
ISBN: 9780722165614
Grenada: Revolution in Reverse by James Ferguson
Call Number: F2056.8 .F47 1990
ISBN: 9780906156483
The US invasion of Grenada in 1983 was seen as a victory for freedom. By the early 1990s, however, the story of post-invasion Grenada had become one of disillusionment and cynicism. This work reveals the extent of the US failure, economic and political, and its impact on the island's people.
The New Jewel Movement : Grenada's revolution, 1979-1983 by Gregory Sandford
Call Number: F2056.8 .S264 1985
Raiders or Elite Infantry? by David W. Hogan; David W. Hogan
Call Number: UA34.R36 H64 1992
ISBN: 9780313268038
Hogan's study examines the nature and purpose of the Rangers over the past fifty years and shows how they have served as scouts, raiders, assault troops, and elite infantry.
See index for various entries on Grenada
A Revolution Aborted by Jorge Heine (Editor)
Call Number: F2056.8 .R475 1990
ISBN: 9780822936398
Revolution and Rescue in Grenada by Reynold Burrowes
Call Number: F2056.8 .B87 1988
ISBN: 9780313260667
Explores a comprehensive account of the Grenada affair, a chapter in modern diplomacy and warfare that remains an enigma to many observers.
The rucksack war : U.S. Army operational logistics in Grenada, 1983 by Edgar F. Raines Jr
Call Number: F2056.8 .R35 2010
The U. S. Invasion of Grenada by Philip Kukielski
Call Number: F2056.8 .K84 2019
ISBN: 9781476678795
This book is an overdue reconsideration of Operation Urgent Fury, based on historical evidence that only recently has been revealed in declassified documents, oral history interviews and memoir accounts.
Urgent Fury by Mark Adkin
Call Number: F2056.8 .A35 1989
ISBN: 9780669207170
US Special Operations Forces in Action by Thomas K. Adams
Call Number: UA34.S64 A33 1998
ISBN: 9780714647951
Armies in the 1990s are commonly involved in low-level, ill-defined, politically charged, messy situations known collectively as "unconventional warfare". Thomas Adams argues for a shift in expectations with a greater willingness to accept lengthy commitments and incremental progress.
See index for various entries on Grenada.

Operation Urgent Fury and its critics
Pages 57-69.
Task Force 160 in Operation Urgent Fury

How Grenada Changed How America Goes to War

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Adams, T.K. (1998). US Special Operations Forces in action: The challenge of unconventional warfare. London: Frank Cass.

Adkin, M. (1989). Urgent Fury: The battle for Grenada. Massachusetts: Lexington Books.

Bolder, D.P. (1986, July). Operation Urgent Fury and its critics. Military Review. Retrieved from http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p124201coll1/id/255/rec/6

Burrowes, R. A. (1988). Revolution and rescue in Grenada: An account of the U.S.-Caribbean invasion. Connecticut: Greenwood Press.

Cole, R. H., & United States. (1997). Operation Urgent Fury: The planning and execution of joint operations in Grenada, 12 October-2 November 1983. Washington, DC: Joint History Office, Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Retrieved from https://www.jcs.mil/Portals/36/Documents/History/Monographs/Urgent_Fury.pdf

Ferguson, J., & Latin America Bureau. (1991). Grenada: Revolution in reverse. London: Latin America Bureau.

Finlayson, K. (2006). Task Force 160 in Operation Urgent Fury. Veritas, 2(2), 36-41. Retrieved from https://www.soc.mil/ARSOF_History/articles/v2n2_tf160_page_1.html

Heine, J. (1990). A revolution aborted: The lessons of Grenada. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press.

Hogan, D. W. (1992). Raiders or elite infantry? The changing role of the U.S. Army Rangers from Dieppe to Grenada. Connecticut: Greenwood Press.

O'Shaughnessy, H. (1984). Grenada--revolution, invasion and aftermath. London: Hamish Hamilton with The Observer.

Payne, A., Sutton, P., & Thorndike, T. (1985). Grenada: Revolution and invasion. New York: St. Martin’s Press.

Raines, E. F. (2010). The rucksack war: U.S. Army operational logistics in Grenada, 1983. Washington, D.C: Center of Military History, U.S. Army

Sandford, G. W. (U.S.). (1985). The New Jewel Movement: Grenada's revolution, 1979-1983. Washington, D.C.: Center for the Study of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Service Institute, U.S. Dept. of State.

Operation Earnest Will 1987

Inside the Danger Zone by Harold L. Wise
Call Number: DS318.85 .W57 2007
ISBN: 9781591149705
A history of U.S. military involvement in the Persian Gulf in 1987 and 1988-a time of burning ships, air strikes, and secret missions-the prelude to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, Desert Storm, and the most recent invasion of Iraq
Tanker War by Lee Allen Zatarain
Call Number: DS318.85 .Z38 2008
ISBN: 9781932033847
In Tanker War, Lee Allen Zatarain, employing recently released Pentagon documents, firsthand interviews, and a determination to get to the truth, has revealed a conflict that few recognized at the time, but which may have presaged further battles to come.

America's First Clash with Iran by Lee Allen Zatarain
ISBN: 9781612000336
Publication Date: 2010-11-22
A revealing account of the US conflict with Iran over the Persian Gulf during the Reagan era--and the groundwork it set for today's tensions. In May 1987, the US frigate Stark was blown apart by an Iraqi jet fighter in the Persian Gulf, jumpstarting a major conflict with Iran that came to be known as the Tanker War. In America's First Clash with Iran, author Lee Allen Zatarain employs Pentagon documents and firsthand interviews to reveal the full story of a conflict that may have presaged further battles to come. At the climax of the Iran-Iraq War, Iran was losing on the battlefield. Ayatollah Khomeini decided to close the Persian Gulf against shipping from Iraq's oil-rich backer, the emirate of Kuwait. When the United States sent a fleet to the Gulf, raising the Stars and Stripes over Kuwait's commercial tankers, a tinderbox was set off. The Iranians laid mines throughout the narrow passage and launched attack boats against both tankers and US warships. The US Navy fought its largest surface battle since World War II against the Ayatollah's assault boats. As Saddam Hussein looked on, Iranian gunners fired missiles against US forces--actions which, if made known at the time, would have required the US Congress to declare war against Iran.

Persian Gulf: Operation Earnest Will 1987-1989

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Wise, H.L. (2007). Inside the danger zone: The U.S. military in the Persian Gulf, 1987-1988. Maryland: Naval Institute Press.

Zatarain, L.A. (2008). Tanker war: America’s first conflict with Iran, 1987-1988. Philadelphia: Casemate.

Operation Just Cause 1989

Divorcing the Dictator by Frederick Kempe
Call Number: F1567.N67 K46 1990
ISBN: 9780399135170
The story behind America's disastrous relationship with General Manuel Antonio Noriega.
Mars Unmasked by Sean J. A. Edwards
Call Number: U167.5.S7 E38 2000
ISBN: 9780833028204
This monograph is a case study analysis of three recent urban operations. The three cases examined-Panama in 1989, Somalia in 1992-1993, and Chechnya in 1994-1996-capture the range of political constraints that military forces must operate under in urban environments.
See pages 18-22
Global Media Perspectives on the Crisis in Panama by Howard M. Hensel (Editor); Nelson Michaud
Call Number: F1567 .G56 2011
ISBN: 9781409429494
Operation Just Cause, the United States' incursion into Panama, was the culmination of a gradually escalating confrontation between the United States and the Noriega dominated government of Panama that extended from June, 1987 until early January, 1990. Applying diverse methodological approaches, this volume examines the various ways representative examples of the global media covered the developing crisis and the eventual US incursion into Panama. The volume: - sets the stage for this analysis by delineating the chronological development of the escalating confrontation, as well as by examining the confrontation from the perspective of the US government - analyzes the crisis from the perspective of the US, Soviet, Canadian, French, Portuguese, Arab, and the People's Republic of China media - exposes the challenges for public affairs officers operating within the context of the global media response to international crises, and provides an assessment of the implications of the crisis for inter-American and international relations. This analysis and evaluation of a variety of global media perspectives on the escalating US-Panamanian confrontation will serve to better illuminate and further enrich our understanding of a major international event - indeed, one of the final events of the Cold War era.
Block by block : the challenges of urban operations
Call Number: U167.5.S7 B56
In the Aftermath of War by Richard H. Shultz
Call Number: E183.8.P2 S58 1993
ISBN: 9781585660582
Dr. Shultz assesses the December 1989 invasion of Panama and the effectiveness of US foreign policy implemented afterward. He focuses on reconstruction, nation-building, and democratization following Operation Just Cause. He reviews contemporary Panamanian politics and comments on what went wrong with our contingency planning. Dr. Shultz examines the origins and future applications of the military support group and concludes that in future post conflict situations the Department of Defense will need to create an interagency mechanism that can respond in an effective way to both civilian and military concerns.

Operation Just Cause

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Center of Military History. (2004). Operation Just Cause: The incursion into Panama. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History. Retreived from: https://history.army.mil/html/books/070/70-85-1/cmhPub_70-85-1.pdf

Cole, R. H. (1995). Operation Just Cause: The planning and execution of joint operations in Panama, February 1988 – January 1990. Washington, D.C.: Joint History Office, Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Retrieved from https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB443/docs/area51_22.PDF

Edwards, S.J.A. (2000). Mars unmasked: The changing face of urban operations. Santa Monica, CA: Rand.

Kempe, F. (1990). Divorcing the dictator: America’s bungled affair with Noriega. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons.

Michaud, N., In Hensel, H. M., & In Michaud, N. (2016). Global media perspectives on the crisis in Panama. London: Routledge.

Quigley, J. (1990). The legality of the United States invasion of Panama. Yale Journal of International Law, 15(2), 276-315. Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1561&context=yjil

Robertson, W. G., & Yates, L. A. (Eds.). (2003). Block by block: The challenges of urban Ooerations. Fort Leavenworth, KA: U.S. Army Command and General Staff College Press.

Shultz, R. H. (1993). In the aftermath of war: US support for reconstruction and nation-building in Panama following Just Cause. Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press.

Yates, L.A. (2008). The U.S. military intervention in Panama: Origins, planning, and crisis management June 1987-December 1989. Washington, DC: Center for Military History. Retrieved from https://history.army.mil/html/books/just_cause/CMH_55-1-1_Just_%20Cause_opt.pdf

Operation Desert Shield/Storm 1990-1991

All Roads Lead to Baghdad by Charles H. Briscoe; Kenneth Finlayson; Robert W. Jones; Army Special Operations Command History Office Staff (Produced by)
Call Number: DS79.76 .A45
ISBN: 9780160753640
An absolutely essential reference work for anyone interested in the special operations history of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Combat Search and Rescue in Desert Storm by Darrel D. Whitcomb
Call Number: DS79.72 .W54 2006
ISBN: 9781585661534
Budgetary, political, and organizational changes left the USAF unprepared for the combat search and rescue (CSAR) mission going into Desert Storm. Colonel Whitcomb relates his and others' experiences from CSAR in Southeast Asia and examines the organization that was established to provide CSAR services in the Iraq-Kuwait theater of operations. He traces each incident from beginning to end along with the tactical and sometimes strategic implications. Scores of interviews, e-mails, and published works provide a compendium of lessons learned and recommendations gleaned from those who flew the missions and made the decisions in Iraq.

All Roads Lead to Baghdad by Charles H. Briscoe; Kenneth Finlayson; Robert W. Jones; Army Special Operations Command History Office Staff (Produced by)
ISBN: 9780160753640
An absolutely essential reference work for anyone interested in the special operations history of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Combat Search and Rescue in Desert Storm by Darrel D. Whitcomb
ISBN: 9781585661534
Budgetary, political, and organizational changes left the USAF unprepared for the combat search and rescue (CSAR) mission going into Desert Storm. Colonel Whitcomb relates his and others' experiences from CSAR in Southeast Asia and examines the organization that was established to provide CSAR services in the Iraq-Kuwait theater of operations. He traces each incident from beginning to end along with the tactical and sometimes strategic implications. Scores of interviews, e-mails, and published works provide a compendium of lessons learned and recommendations gleaned from those who flew the missions and made the decisions in Iraq.

Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storms

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Briscoe, C. H., & United States Army Special Operations Command. (2009). All roads lead to Baghdad: Army special operations forces in Iraq. Boulder, CO: Paladin.

Schubert, F. N., Kraus, T. L., & Center of Military History. (2001). The whirlwind war: The United States Army in operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Washington, D.C: Center of Military History, United States Army. Retrieved from https://history.army.mil/html/books/070/70-30-1/cmhPub_70-30-1.pdf

Stewart, R.W. (2010). War in the Persian Gulf: Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm August 1990-March 1991. Washington, D.C.: Center for Military History, United States Army. Retrieved from https://history.army.mil/html/books/070/70-117-1/CMH_70-117-1.pdf

Whitcomb, D.D. (2006). Combat search and rescue in Desert Storm. Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press.

Operation Gothic Serpent 1993

The Battle of Mogadishu by Dan Schilling (Editor); Matthew Eversmann (Editor); Mark Bowden (Foreword by)
Call Number: DT407.42 .B388 2006
ISBN: 9780345466686
A first-hand chronicle of the October 1993 battle fought by U.S. Army Rangers and the Delta Force in Mogadishu recounts how the planned ninety-minute mission to capture a Somali warlord escalated into a deadly firefight that left countless people dead or injured. Reprint.
The Battle of Mogadishu by Matt Eversmann (Editor); Dan Schilling (Editor)
Call Number: DT407.42 .B388 2004
ISBN: 9780345459664
A first-hand chronicle of the October 1993 battle fought by U.S. Army Rangers and the Delta Force in Mogadishu recounts how the planned ninety-minute mission to capture a Somali warlord escalated into a deadly firefight that left countless people dead or injured. Reprint.
Oppose Any Foe by Mark Moyar
Call Number: UA34.S64 M69 2017
ISBN: 9780465053933
Highlighting both the heroism of America's most elite soldiers and the controversies surrounding their meteoric growth, Oppose Any Foe presents the first comprehensive history of these special warriors and their daring missions. It is essential reading for anyone interested in America's military history-and the future of warfare.
Chapter 7, Gothic Serpent.
Day of the Rangers by Leigh Neville
Call Number: DT407.42 .N48 2018
ISBN: 9781472824257
Take your war games to the dusty, trash-strewn streets of Mogadishu in the early 1990s, where the elite soldiers of America's Task Force Ranger battled against the militia gangs of Mohamed Farrah Aidid and other Somali warlords. Containing a detailed historical background, twenty scenarios, and orders of battle for all of the main participants, Day of the Rangers gives players everything they need to fight a one-off battle or to run a series of interconnected games charting the United States' and United Nations' missions in Somalia. From rounding up cattle rustlers to rescuing the crew of a downed Black Hawk helicopter, this book offers a host of tactical challenges for Force on Force players.

The Battle of Mogadishu by Matt Eversmann (Editor); Dan Schilling (Editor)
ISBN: 9780345459664
Publication Date: 2005-07-26
A first-hand chronicle of the October 1993 battle fought by U.S. Army Rangers and the Delta Force in Mogadishu recounts how the planned ninety-minute mission to capture a Somali warlord escalated into a deadly firefight that left countless people dead or injured. Reprint.
Oppose Any Foe by Mark Moyar
ISBN: 9780465053933
Highlighting both the heroism of America's most elite soldiers and the controversies surrounding their meteoric growth, Oppose Any Foe presents the first comprehensive history of these special warriors and their daring missions. It is essential reading for anyone interested in America's military history-and the future of warfare.
Chapter 7, Gothic Serpent.
Day of the Rangers by Leigh Neville
ISBN: 9781472824257
Take your war games to the dusty, trash-strewn streets of Mogadishu in the early 1990s, where the elite soldiers of America's Task Force Ranger battled against the militia gangs of Mohamed Farrah Aidid and other Somali warlords. Containing a detailed historical background, twenty scenarios, and orders of battle for all of the main participants, Day of the Rangers gives players everything they need to fight a one-off battle or to run a series of interconnected games charting the United States' and United Nations' missions in Somalia. From rounding up cattle rustlers to rescuing the crew of a downed Black Hawk helicopter, this book offers a host of tactical challenges for Force on Force players.

Day of the Rangers by Leigh Neville; Joe Barrett (Narrated by); Matt Eversmann (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9781977307866
Take your war games to the dusty, trash-strewn streets of Mogadishu in the early 1990s, where the elite soldiers of America's Task Force Ranger battled against the militia gangs of Mohamed Farrah Aidid and other Somali warlords. Containing a detailed historical background, twenty scenarios, and orders of battle for all of the main participants, Day of the Rangers gives players everything they need to fight a one-off battle or to run a series of interconnected games charting the United States' and United Nations' missions in Somalia. From rounding up cattle rustlers to rescuing the crew of a downed Black Hawk helicopter, this book offers a host of tactical challenges for Force on Force players.

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Center of Military History. (2003). United States forces, Somalia after action report and historical overview: The United States Army in Somalia, 1992-1994. Washington, D.C: United States Army, Center of Military History. Retrieved from https://history.army.mil/html/documents/somalia/SomaliaAAR.pdf

Ecklund, M. (2004). Personnel recovery operations for Special Operations Forces in urban environments: Modeling successful overt and clandestine methods of recovery. Monterey, CA: Naval Postgraduate School. Retrieved from https://calhoun.nps.edu/handle/10945/1159

Ecklund, M. (2004, May). Analysis of Operation Gothic Serpent TF ranger in Somalia. Special Warfare, 16(4), 38-47. Retrieved from https://www.dvidshub.net/publication/issues/8232

Eversmann, M., & Schilling, D. (2006). Battle of Mogadishu: Firsthand accounts from the men of Task Force Ranger. New York: Ballantine Books.

Moyar, M. (2017). Oppose any foe: The rise of America’s Special Operations Forces. New York: Basic Books.

Neville, L. (2018). Day of the Rangers: The battle of Mogadishu 25 years on. London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

Poole, W. S., & United States. (2005). The effort to save Somalia, August 1992-March 1994. Washington, DC: Joint History Office, Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Retreived from: https://www.jcs.mil/Portals/36/Documents/History/Monographs/Somalia.pdf

Operation Joint Endeavor 1995-1996

Armed peacekeepers in Bosnia by Robert F. Baumann, George W. Gawrych, Walter E. Kretchik
Call Number: DR1313.7.P43 B38
Civilian-military cooperation in the prevention of deadly conflict : implementing agreements in Bosnia and beyond by George A. Joulwan and Christopher C. Shoemaker
Call Number: DR1313.7.D58 J68 1998
Presents a set of principles for civilian-military implementation of peace agreements, outline structural-functional imperatives for integrating and coordinating the efforts of the international community, and suggest that the key to prevention of a renewal of deadly conflict lies in the establishment of an effective civilian-military implementation staff (CMIS).
Lessons from Bosnia by Larry K. Wentz
Call Number: DR1313.7.F672 U656 1997
ISBN: 9781579060046
Publication Date: 1997-10-01
Ruck It Up! by Charles E. Kirkpatrick
Call Number: UA27.G3 K58 2006
ISBN: 9780160723650
Outlines the major shifts in the operational context in which V Corps found itself after 1990 and discusses the major military operations in which the corps took part. Those operations gave the headquarters the essential "feedback" to adjust its organization and training to be more in sync with the requirements it faced. The study offers some tentative conclusions about the process of transformation of the Army in Europe, as seen from the perspective of one heavy, mechanized corps.
Target Bosnia by Pascale Combelles-Siegel
Call Number: R1313.7.P73 C66 1998
ISBN: 9781579060084

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Adams, T.K. (1993, October). SOF in peace-support operations. Special Warfare, 6(4), 2-7. Retrieved from https://www.dvidshub.net/publication/issues/8283

Baumann, R.F., Gawrych, G.W., & Kretchik, W.E. (2004). Armed peacekeepers in Bosnia. Fort Leavenworth, KA: Combat Studies Institute Press.

Cody, P.R. (2005). Bosnia-Herzegovina: The U.S. Army’s role in peace enforcement operations, 1995-2004. Washington, D.C: United States Army, Center of Military History. Retrieved from https://history.army.mil/html/books/070/70-97-1/index.html

Joulwan, G.A., & Shoemaker, C.C. (1998). Civilian-military cooperation in the prevention of deadly conflict: Implementing agreements in Bosnia and beyond. Washington, DC: Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict.

Kirkpatrick, C. E. (2006). "Ruck it up!": The post-Cold War transformation of V Corps, 1990-2001. Washington, D.C: Dept. of the Army.

Raugh, H.E. (2009). Operation Joint Endeavor: V Corps in Bosnia-Herzegovina 1995-1996: An Oral History. Fort Leavenworth, KA: Combat Studies Institute Press. Retrieved from https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Portals/7/combat-studies-institute/csi-books/OperationJointEndeavor.pdf

Siegel, P. C. (2008). Target Bosnia: Integrating information activities in peace operations NATO-lead operations in Bosnia Herzegovina December 1995-1997. Washington: National Defense University, Department of Defense.

Wentz, L. (1998). Lessons from Bosnia: The IFOR experience. Washington, D.C.: Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University.

Operation Anaconda 2002

All Roads Lead to Baghdad by Charles H. Briscoe; Kenneth Finlayson; Robert W. Jones; Army Special Operations Command History Office Staff (Produced by)
Call Number: DS79.76 .A45
ISBN: 9780160753640
Publication Date: 2006-05-10
Recorded by U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) historians, tells the story of Iraqi Freedom, the second Army Special Operations (ASO) campaign in America's Global War on Terrorism. Shows how the ASO supported a US-led conventional air and ground offensive to collapse the regime of Saddam Hussein and capture Baghdad.
Not a Good Day to Die by Sean Naylor
Call Number: DS371.4123.O64 N39 2005
ISBN: 9780425196090
In this New York Times bestseller, an award-winning combat reporter reveals how close American forces came to disaster in Afghanistan against Al Qaida after easily defeating the ragtag Taliban that had sheltered the terrorist organization behind the 9/11 attacks.
Operation Anaconda by Lester W. Grau; Dodge Billingsley
Call Number: DS371.4123.O64 G73 2011
ISBN: 9780700618019
Provides a complete and accurate account in Operation Anaconda. Also highlights problems encountered and the lessons we should learn from their in-depth study.
On Point by Gregory Fontenot; E. J. Degen; David Tohn
Call Number: DS79.76 .F665 2005
ISBN: 9781591142799
Fontenot, former director of the School of Advanced Military Studies at Fort Leavenworth, details US Army operations during the Second Gulf War, drawing on official records and work carried out by the Army's Operation Iraqi Freedom Study Group. The first part of the book reviews the evolution of the Army since the First Gulf War. A narrative of com
Weapon of choice : U.S. Army Special Operations Forces in Afghanistan
Call Number: DS371.4 .W43 2003
No index. See pages 210, 277-84, 319-23, 333-35, 385-89 for entries on Operation Anaconda.

All Roads Lead to Baghdad by Charles H. Briscoe; Kenneth Finlayson; Robert W. Jones; Army Special Operations Command History Office Staff (Produced by)
ISBN: 9780160753640
Recorded by U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) historians, tells the story of Iraqi Freedom, the second Army Special Operations (ASO) campaign in America's Global War on Terrorism. Shows how the ASO supported a US-led conventional air and ground offensive to collapse the regime of Saddam Hussein and capture Baghdad.
On Point by Gregory Fontenot; E. J. Degen; David Tohn
ISBN: 9781591142799
Fontenot, former director of the School of Advanced Military Studies at Fort Leavenworth, details US Army operations during the Second Gulf War, drawing on official records and work carried out by the Army's Operation Iraqi Freedom Study Group. The first part of the book reviews the evolution of the Army since the First Gulf War. A narrative of com

Not a Good Day to Die by Sean Naylor; John Henry Cox (Read by)
Call Number: CD
ISBN: 9780792734826
At dawn on March 2, 2002, America's first major battle of the twenty-first century began. Over two hundred soldiers of the 101st Airborne and Tenth Mountain Division flew into Afghanistan's Shah-i-Kot valley-and into the mouth of a buzz saw. They were about to pay a bloody price for strategic, high-level miscalculations that underestimated the enemy's strength and willingness to fight. Now, award-winning journalist Sean Naylor, an eyewitness to the battle, details the failures of military intelligence and planning and vividly portrays the astonishing heroism of these young, untested US soldiers. Denied the extra support with which they trained, these troops nevertheless proved their worth in brutal combat and prevented an American military disaster.
Not a Good Day to Die by Sean Naylor; John Henry Cox (Read by)
Call Number: MP3
ISBN: 9780792734833
At dawn on March 2, 2002, America's first major battle of the twenty-first century began. Over two hundred soldiers of the 101st Airborne and Tenth Mountain Division flew into Afghanistan's Shah-i-Kot valley-and into the mouth of a buzz saw. They were about to pay a bloody price for strategic, high-level miscalculations that underestimated the enemy's strength and willingness to fight. Now, award-winning journalist Sean Naylor, an eyewitness to the battle, details the failures of military intelligence and planning and vividly portrays the astonishing heroism of these young, untested US soldiers. Denied the extra support with which they trained, these troops nevertheless proved their worth in brutal combat and prevented an American military disaster.

Air power against terror: America's conduct of Operation Enduring Freedom. Chapter 5 - Operation Anaconda
Criticisms associated with Operation Anaconda: Can long distance leadership be effective?
Operation Anaconda: Lessons for Joint Operations
Weapon of choice: U.S. Army special operations forces in Afghanistan. No index. See pages 210, 277-84, 319-23, 333-35, 385-89 for entries on Operation Anaconda

Below are the citations for the items listed under the Books, eBooks, Audiobooks, and Additional Resources tabs.

Briscoe, C. H. (2006). All roads lead to Baghdad: Army Special Operations Forces in Iraq. Fort Bragg, N.C: USASOC History Office.

Briscoe, C.H. (2003). Weapon of choice: U.S. Army special operations forces in Afghanistan. Fort Leavenworth, KA: Combat Studies Institute Press.

Fontenot, G., Degen, E. J., & Tohn, D. (2005). On point: The United States Army in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press.

Grau, L.W., & Billingsley, D. (2011). Operation Anaconda: America’s first major battle in Afghanistan. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas

Kugler, R. L., Baranick, M., & Binnendijk, H. (2009). Operation Anaconda: Lessons for Joint Operations. Washington, DC: Center for Technology and National Security Policy, National Defense University. Retrieved from https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a496469.pdf

Lambeth, Benjamin S. (2006). Operation Anaconda. In Air power against terror: America's conduct of Operation Enduring Freedom. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation. Retrieved from https://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG166-1.html

Marzano, T. (2006). Criticisms associated with Operation Anaconda: Can long distance leadership be effective? Newport, RI: Naval War College, Joint Military Operations Department. Retrieved from https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a463654.pdf.

Naylor, S. (2005). Not a good day to die: The untold story of Operation Anaconda. New York: Berkley Books.

Operation Enduring Freedom Philippines 2002-2015

U. S. Special Operations Forces in the Philippines, 2001-2014 by Linda Robinson; Patrick B. Johnston; Gillian S. Oak
Call Number: HV6433.P6 R64 2016
ISBN: 9780833092106
Publication Date: 2016-04-29
This report examines the 14-year experience of U.S. special operations forces in the Philippines from 2001 through 2014 and the activities and effects of special operations capabilities employed to address terrorist threats in Operation Enduring Freedom--Philippines through training and equipping Philippine security forces, providing operational advice and assistance, and conducting civil-military and information operations.

U. S. Special Operations Forces in the Philippines, 2001-2014 by Linda Robinson; Patrick B. Johnston; Gillian S. Oak
ISBN: 9780833092106
Publication Date: 2016-04-29
This report examines the 14-year experience of U.S. special operations forces in the Philippines from 2001 through 2014 and the activities and effects of special operations capabilities employed to address terrorist threats in Operation Enduring Freedom--Philippines through training and equipping Philippine security forces, providing operational advice and assistance, and conducting civil-military and information operations.

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Dunigan, M., Hoffmann, D., Chalk, P., Nichiporuk, B., & Deluca, P. (2012). “The case of Operation Enduring Freedom—Philippines.” In Characterizing and exploring the implications of maritime irregular warfare. 19-34. Santa Monica, CA; RAND Corporation. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7249/mg1127navy.10

Palilonis, D.C. (2009). Operation Enduring Freedom-Philippines: A demonstration of economy of force. Newport, RI: Naval War College. Retrieved from https://www.hsdl.org/?view&did=699145

Robinson, L. (2016). The SOF experience in the Philippines and the implications for future defense strategy. PRISM, 6(3), 151-167. Retrieved from https://cco.ndu.edu/Portals/96/Documents/prism/prism_6-3/Robinson.pdf?ver=2016-12-06-101054-373

Robinson, L., Johnston, P.B., & Oak, G.S. (2016). U.S. Special Operations Forces in the Philippines, 2001–2014. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2016.

Call Number: HV6433.P6 R64 2016
Read Online: https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1236.html

Stentiford, B.M. (2018). Success in the shadows: Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines and the Global War on Terror, 2002-2015. Fort Leavenworth, KA: Combat Studies Institute Press. Retrieved from https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Portals/7/combat-studies-institute/csi-books/success-in-the-shadows.pdf

Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003-2011

The Iraq War by John Keegan
Call Number: DS79.76 .K44 2004
ISBN: 9781400041992
The Iraq War is an urgently needed, up-to-date and informed study of the ongoing conflict. Its authoritative, timely and vitally important to our understanding of a conflict whose full ramifications are as yet unknown.
See Index for various entries
It Takes More Than a Network by Chad C. Serena
Call Number: DS79.76 .S457 2014
ISBN: 9780804789035
Publication Date: 2014-02-12
Presents a structured investigation of the Iraqi insurgency's capacity for and conduct of organizational adaptation.
See Index for Coalition Forces in Iraq and Iraqi Insurgency
On Point by Gregory Fontenot; E. J. Degen; David Tohn
Call Number: DS79.76 .F665 2005
ISBN: 9781591142799
Fontenot, former director of the School of Advanced Military Studies at Fort Leavenworth, details US Army operations during the Second Gulf War, drawing on official records and work carried out by the Army's Operation Iraqi Freedom Study Group. The first part of the book reviews the evolution of the Army since the First Gulf War. A narrative of com
The Unseen War by Benjamin S. Lambeth
Call Number: DS79.76 .L347 2013
ISBN: 9781612513119
See Index for Iraqi Freedom, Operation
Cradle of Conflict by Michael Andrew Knights
Call Number: DS79.76 .K62 2005
ISBN: 9781591144441
Knights (The Washington Institute for Near East Policy) offers a detailed military narrative of America's struggle against Iraq's Baathists between 1990 and 2005, which sets the stage for his critique of US military power in the region and the asymmetric resistance capabilities of US adversaries. Drawing on interviews with American military and pol.
See Index for various entries
Lessons from Operation Iraqi Freedom by Kristin F. Lynch; John G. Drew; Charles Robert Roll; Robert S. Tripp
Call Number: UG1123 .L47 2004
ISBN: 9780833036773
An analysis of combat support experiences associated with Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) that compares these experiences with those associated with Joint Task Force Noble Anvil (JTF NA), the U.S. component of Operation Allied Force, in Serbia, and the first 100 days of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), in Afghanistan. Its objectives were to indicate the performance of U.S. Air force combat support in JTF NA, OEF, and OIF, and examine how Agile Combat Support concepts were implemented in OIF.

Lessons from Operation Iraqi Freedom by Kristin F. Lynch; John G. Drew; Charles Robert Roll; Robert S. Tripp
ISBN: 9780833036773
An analysis of combat support experiences associated with Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) that compares these experiences with those associated with Joint Task Force Noble Anvil (JTF NA), the U.S. component of Operation Allied Force, in Serbia, and the first 100 days of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), in Afghanistan. Its objectives were to indicate the performance of U.S. Air force combat support in JTF NA, OEF, and OIF, and examine how Agile Combat Support concepts were implemented in OIF.
On Point by Gregory Fontenot; E. J. Degen; David Tohn
ISBN: 9781591142799
Publication Date: 2005-01-01
Fontenot, former director of the School of Advanced Military Studies at Fort Leavenworth, details US Army operations during the Second Gulf War, drawing on official records and work carried out by the Army's Operation Iraqi Freedom Study Group. The first part of the book reviews the evolution of the Army since the First Gulf War. A narrative of com
The Unseen War by Benjamin S. Lambeth
ISBN: 9781612513119
See Index for Iraqi Freedom, Operation

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Briscoe, C.H. (2005, Winter). Factors affecting ARSOF: Preparation for Operation Iraqi Freedom. Veritas, 1(1), 3-7. Retrieved from https://www.soc.mil/ARSOF_History/articles/v1n1_factors_affecting_arsof_page_1.html

Christie, K.A. (2006). Synchronization chaos: Command and control of special operations and conventional forces in shared battle space. Newport, RI: Naval War College. Retrieved from https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a463368.pdf Instructions for Paste and Spellcheck

Fontenot, G., Degen, E. J., & Tohn, D. (2005). On point: The United States Army in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press.

Call Number: DS 79.76 .F665 2005
Read Online: https://usacac.army.mil/sites/default/files/documents/cace/CSI/CSIPubs/OnPointI.pdf

Keegan, J. (2004). The Iraq war. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.

Call Number: DS 79.76 .K44 2004
See Index for various entries

Lambeth, B.S. (2013). The unseen war: Allied air power and the takedown of Saddam Hussein. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press.

Call Number: DS 79.76 .L347 2013
See Index for Iraqi Freedom, Operation

Serena, C. (2014). It takes more than a network: The Iraqi insurgency and organizational adaptation. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.

Call Number: DS 79076 .S457 2014
See Index for Coalition Forces in Iraq and Iraqi Insurgency

Knights, M. (2005). Cradle of conflict: Iraq and the birth of the modern U.S. military. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press.

Call Number: DS 79076 .K65 2005
See Index for various entries

Tripp, R.S., Lynch, K.F., Drew, J.G., & Chan, E.W. (2004). Supporting Air and Space Expeditionary Forces: Lessons from Operation Enduring Freedom. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation.

Call Number: UG1123 .L47 2004
PDF Online: https://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1819.html

Casey, G.W. (2012, October). Strategic reflections: Operation Iraqi Freedom July 2004-February 2007. Washington, DC: National Defense University Press. Retrieved from https://ndupress.ndu.edu/Portals/68/Documents/Books/strategic-reflections.pdf

Lynch, K. F., Drew, J.G., Tripp, R.S., & Roll, C.R. (2005). Improving agile combat support for the U.S. Air Force: Lessons from Operation Iraqi Freedom. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation. Retrieved from https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB150.html

Perry, W.L., Darilek, R.E., Rohn, L.L., & Sollingers, J.M. (2015). Operation Iraqi Freedom: Decisive war, elusive peace. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation. Retrieved from https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR1200/RR1214/RAND_RR1214.pdf

Peltz, E., Robbins, M., Girardini, K.J., Eden, R., Halliday, J., & Angers, J. (2005).Sustainment of Army forces in Operation Iraqi Freedom: Major findings and recommendations. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation. Retrieved from https://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG342.html

Peltz, E., Halliday, J., Robbins, M., & Girardini, K.J. (2005). Sustainment of Army forces in Operation Iraqi Freedom: Battlefield logistics and effects on Operations. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation. Retrieved from https://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG344.html

Operation Red Wings 2005

Lone Survivor by Patrick Robinson (As told to); Marcus Luttrell
Call Number: DS371.413 .L87 2007
ISBN: 9780316067591
On a clear night in late June 2005, four U.S. Navy SEALs left their base in northern Afghanistan for the mountainous Pakistani border. Their mission was to capture or kill a notorious al Qaeda leader known to be ensconced in a Taliban stronghold surrounded by a small but heavily armed force. Less then twenty-four hours later, only one of those Navy SEALs remained alive. This is the story of the author, the fire team leader, and sole survivor of Operation Redwing, and the desperate battle in the mountains that led, ultimately, to the largest loss of life in Navy SEAL history.
SEAL of Honor by Gary Williams; Dick Counch
Call Number: DS371.4123.O66 W55 2010
ISBN: 9781591149651
Lt. Michael Patrick Murphy, a Navy SEAL, was the first to receive the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military honor, for service in Afghanistan--also the first naval officer to earn the medal since Vietnam and the first SEAL to receive it posthumously. Williams charts his extraordinary sense of duty, responsibility, and honor.
Victory Point by Ed Darack
Call Number: DS371.4123.O66 D37 2009
ISBN: 9780425226193
In late June 2005, media sources recounted the tragic story of nineteen U.S. special operations personnel who died at the hands of insurgent / terrorist leader Ahmad Shah- and the lone survivor of Shah's ambush-deep in the Hindu Kush Mountains of Afghanistan. This book reveals the complete story of Operation Red Wings (often mis-referenced as "Operation Redwing"), and the follow-on mission, Operation Whalers. Together, these two U.S. Marine Corps operations (which in the case of Red Wings utilized Navy SEALs for its opening phase) unfold not as a mission gone terribly wrong, but as a complex and difficult campaign that ultimately saw the demise of Ahmad Shan and his small army of barbarous fighters. Due to the valor, courage, and commitment of the Marines in the summer of 2005, Afghanistan was able to hold free elections that fall.

Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell; Kevin T. Collins (Read by); Patrick Robinson (As told to)
Call Number: DS371.413 .L87 2007
ISBN: 9781600241314
On a clear night in late June 2005, four U.S. Navy SEALs left their base in northern Afghanistan for the mountainous Pakistani border. Their mission was to capture or kill a notorious al Qaeda leader known to be ensconced in a Taliban stronghold surrounded by a small but heavily armed force. Less then twenty-four hours later, only one of those Navy SEALs remained alive. This is the story of the author, the fire team leader, and sole survivor of Operation Redwing, and the desperate battle in the mountains that led, ultimately, to the largest loss of life in Navy SEAL history.

Lone Survivor by Patrick Robinson (As told to); Marcus Luttrell
ISBN: 9780316067591
On a clear night in late June 2005, four U.S. Navy SEALs left their base in northern Afghanistan for the mountainous Pakistani border. Their mission was to capture or kill a notorious al Qaeda leader known to be ensconced in a Taliban stronghold surrounded by a small but heavily armed force. Less then twenty-four hours later, only one of those Navy SEALs remained alive. This is the story of the author, the fire team leader, and sole survivor of Operation Redwing, and the desperate battle in the mountains that led, ultimately, to the largest loss of life in Navy SEAL history.
SEAL of Honor by Gary Williams; Dick Counch
ISBN: 9781591149651
Publication Date: 2011-04-05
Lt. Michael Patrick Murphy, a Navy SEAL, was the first to receive the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military honor, for service in Afghanistan--also the first naval officer to earn the medal since Vietnam and the first SEAL to receive it posthumously. Williams charts his extraordinary sense of duty, responsibility, and honor.
Victory Point by Ed Darack
ISBN: 9780425226193
In late June 2005, media sources recounted the tragic story of nineteen U.S. special operations personnel who died at the hands of insurgent / terrorist leader Ahmad Shah- and the lone survivor of Shah's ambush-deep in the Hindu Kush Mountains of Afghanistan. This book reveals the complete story of Operation Red Wings (often mis-referenced as "Operation Redwing"), and the follow-on mission, Operation Whalers. Together, these two U.S. Marine Corps operations (which in the case of Red Wings utilized Navy SEALs for its opening phase) unfold not as a mission gone terribly wrong, but as a complex and difficult campaign that ultimately saw the demise of Ahmad Shan and his small army of barbarous fighters. Due to the valor, courage, and commitment of the Marines in the summer of 2005, Afghanistan was able to hold free elections that fall.

Lone Survivor by Patrick Robinson (As told to); Marcus Luttrell
ISBN: 9780316067591
On a clear night in late June 2005, four U.S. Navy SEALs left their base in northern Afghanistan for the mountainous Pakistani border. Their mission was to capture or kill a notorious al Qaeda leader known to be ensconced in a Taliban stronghold surrounded by a small but heavily armed force. Less then twenty-four hours later, only one of those Navy SEALs remained alive. This is the story of the author, the fire team leader, and sole survivor of Operation Redwing, and the desperate battle in the mountains that led, ultimately, to the largest loss of life in Navy SEAL history.
Victory Point by Ed Darack
ISBN: 9780425226193
In late June 2005, media sources recounted the tragic story of nineteen U.S. special operations personnel who died at the hands of insurgent / terrorist leader Ahmad Shah- and the lone survivor of Shah's ambush-deep in the Hindu Kush Mountains of Afghanistan. This book reveals the complete story of Operation Red Wings (often mis-referenced as "Operation Redwing"), and the follow-on mission, Operation Whalers. Together, these two U.S. Marine Corps operations (which in the case of Red Wings utilized Navy SEALs for its opening phase) unfold not as a mission gone terribly wrong, but as a complex and difficult campaign that ultimately saw the demise of Ahmad Shan and his small army of barbarous fighters. Due to the valor, courage, and commitment of the Marines in the summer of 2005, Afghanistan was able to hold free elections that fall.

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Darack, E. (2009). Victory point: Operations Red Wings and Whalers: The Marine Corps’ battle for freedom in Afghanistan. New York: Berkley Caliber.

Luttrell, M. & Robinson, P. (2007). Lone survivor: The eyewitness account of Operation Redwing and the lost heroes of SEAL Team 10. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company.

Williams, G. (2011). SEAL of honor: Operation Red Wings and the life of Lt. Michael P. Murphy, USN. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press.

VSO Operations 2010

In the Warlords' Shadow by Daniel R. Green
Call Number: DS371.413 .G739 2017
ISBN: 9781612518152
Publication Date: 2017-07-30
In this first-hand account of how the Village Stability Operations program functioned, Daniel R. Green provides a long-term perspective on how SOF stabilized the southern Afghan province of Uruzgan, the site of the Pashtun uprising against the Taliban in 2001 led by Hamid Karzai, future president of Afghanistan. In the Warlords' Shadow offers a comprehensive overview of how SOF adapted to the unique demands of the local insurgency and is a rare, inside look at how special operations confronted the Taliban by fighting a "better war" and in so doing fundamentally changed the course of the war in Afghanistan.
See Index for various entries on Village Stability Operations and Village Stability Platform (VSP)

In the Warlords' Shadow by Daniel R. Green
ISBN: 9781612518152
In this first-hand account of how the Village Stability Operations program functioned, Daniel R. Green provides a long-term perspective on how SOF stabilized the southern Afghan province of Uruzgan, the site of the Pashtun uprising against the Taliban in 2001 led by Hamid Karzai, future president of Afghanistan. In the Warlords' Shadow offers a comprehensive overview of how SOF adapted to the unique demands of the local insurgency and is a rare, inside look at how special operations confronted the Taliban by fighting a "better war" and in so doing fundamentally changed the course of the war in Afghanistan.
See Index for various entries on Village Stability Operations and Village Stability Platform (VSP)

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Entire issue of Special Warfare dedicated to VSI Strengthen Afghanistan, July-August-September 2011, 24(3). Retrieved from https://www.dvidshub.net/publication/issues/8888

Green, D. R. (2015, March-April). Retaking a district center: A case study in the application of village stability operations. Military Review, 95(2). 118-124. Retrieved from https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Portals/7/military-review/Archives/English/MilitaryReview_20150430_art017.pdf

Green, D.R. (2017). In the warlord’s shadow: Special Operations Forces, the Afghans, and their fight against the Taliban. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press.

Osburg, J., Paul, C., Saum-Manning, L., Madden, D., & Payne, L.A. (2014). Assessing locally focused stability operations. Santa Monica, CA: RAND. Retrieved from https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR300/RR387/RAND_RR387.pdf

Operation New Dawn 2010-2011

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Below are the citations for the items listed under the Additional Resources tab.

Barrett, J. T. (2013). Operation new dawn: Rhetoric or real policy change? The University of Texas at El Paso.

Blake, D. (2013). Intelligence support to sustainment operations: Lessons learned from the Iraq drawdown. Army Sustainment, 45(2), 21–23.

Chang, W. (2012). A strategic-level intelligence advisor’s lessons learned. Military Review, 92(4), 18–25.

Cichowicz, M. S. (2012). Lessons from Operation New Dawn. Infantry, 101(2), 44–46.

Counihan, T.C., and Danielson, P.D. (2012, November). The 912^th Forward Surgical Team in Operation New Dawn: Employment of the Forward Surgical Team during troop withdrawal under combat conditions. Military Medicine, 177(11), 1267-1271.

Donahue, S. F. (Rock), Gibson, M. C., Rohrer, J. M., & Diaz, J. M. (2012). With honor and success: Full spectrum joint engineer planning in support of Operation New Dawn. Engineer, 42(2), 16–19.

Eckel, J. R. (2013). Finance detachment operations during Operation New Dawn. Army Sustainment, 45(1), 44–45.

Fischer, H. (2015). Overall casualties in OIR, OIF, OND, OEF, and OFS. Congressional Research Service: Report, 1. Retrieved from https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/RL/RL32492

Operation Neptune Spear 2011

No Easy Day by Mark Owen; Kevin Maurer
Call Number: VG87 .O94 2012
ISBN: 9780525953722
For the first time anywhere, the first-person account of the planning and execution of the Bin Laden raid from a Navy Seal who confronted the terrorist mastermind and witnessed his final moments. Writing under a pseudonym to protect his anonymity, a member of the elite SEAL Team Six provides a behind-the-scenes, first-person account of all his dangerous assignments around the globe, including the training, planning and execution of his most important mission, the killing of Osama bin Laden.
SEAL Target Geronimo by Chuck Pfarrer
Call Number: HV6430.B55 P43 2011
ISBN: 9781250006356
SEAL Target Geronimo is the story of Bin Laden's relentless hunters and how they took down the terrorist mastermind, told by Chuck Pfarrer, a former assault element commander of SEAL Team Six and author of the bestselling Warrior Soul: The Memoir of a Navy SEAL. After talking to members of the SEAL team involved in the raid, Pfarrer shares never-before-revealed details of the historic raid and the men who planned and conducted it in an exclusive boots-on-the-ground account of what happened during each minute of the mission--both inside the building and outside.
No Ordinary Dog by Will Chesney; Joe Layden
ISBN: 9781250176950
No Ordinary Dog is the powerful true story of a SEAL Team Operator and military dog handler, and the dog that saved his life. Two dozen Navy SEALs descended on Osama bin Laden's compound in May 2011. Cairo was among the first members of the U.S. military on the ground in Pakistan as part of Operation Neptune Spear, which resulted in the successful elimination of bin Laden.

No Easy Day by Mark Owen; Kevin Maurer
ISBN: 9780525953722
For the first time anywhere, the first-person account of the planning and execution of the Bin Laden raid from a Navy Seal who confronted the terrorist mastermind and witnessed his final moments. Writing under a pseudonym to protect his anonymity, a member of the elite SEAL Team Six provides a behind-the-scenes, first-person account of all his dangerous assignments around the globe, including the training, planning and execution of his most important mission, the killing of Osama bin Laden.

Killing Bin Laden by Peter Panzeri; Johnny Shumate (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781472804099
In this book the story of the raid is told, from start to finish, using specially commissioned full-colour artwork, photographs, and maps. The operation, codenamed Neptune Spear, is expertly analyzed and the events are told in a concise and clear account of its build-up, execution, and aftermath, demonstrating the skill and courage of the men who carried it out.
SEAL Target Geronimo by Chuck Pfarrer
ISBN: 9781250006356
SEAL Target Geronimo is the story of Bin Laden's relentless hunters and how they took down the terrorist mastermind, told by Chuck Pfarrer, a former assault element commander of SEAL Team Six and author of the bestselling Warrior Soul: The Memoir of a Navy SEAL. After talking to members of the SEAL team involved in the raid, Pfarrer shares never-before-revealed details of the historic raid and the men who planned and conducted it in an exclusive boots-on-the-ground account of what happened during each minute of the mission--both inside the building and outside.
Warrior Elite by Nigel Cawthorne
ISBN: 9781569759691
Highly trained and equipped to kill, special-ops forces take on the world's most dangerous and courageous missions. Warrior Elite zeroes in on the most lethal special- ops encounters of all time. Helicopter gunships drop 100 Green Berets into North Vietnamese jungle on a virtual suicide mission to rescue POWs. Perfect planning and precise execution come together as Navy SEALs fire the greatest simultaneous sniper shots ever.
See pages 528-544.

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ArcGIS, Operation Neptune Spear (interactive map)

Lahoud, N., Caudill, S., Collins, L., Koehler-Derrick, G., Rassler, D., & al-Ubaydi, M. (2012). Letters from Abbottabad: Bin Ladin sidelined?. West Point, NY: Harmony Program, Combating Terrorism Center. Retrieved from https://ctc.usma.edu/app/uploads/2012/05/CTC_LtrsFromAbottabad_WEB_v2.pdf

Owen, M. (2012). No easy day: the autobiography of a Navy SEAL: the firsthand account of the mission that killed Osama Bin Laden New York: Dutton.

Pfarrer, C. (2011). SEAL target Geronimo: the inside story of the mission to kill Osama Bin Laden. New York: St. Martin’s Press.

Call Number: HV6430.B55 P43 2011

Van Schaack, B. (2012). The killing of Osama Bin Laden & Anwar Al-Aulaqi: Uncharted legal territory. Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1167&context=facpubs

Call Number: VG87 .O94 2012

JSOFSEA Operations

The Founding & Evolution of USSOCOM

Civilian Irregular Defense Group 1961

MACVSOG 1964

Operation Kingpin 1970

Operation Thunderbolt 1976

El Salvador 1982-1992

Operation Urgent Fury Grenada 1983

Operation Earnest Will 1987

Operation Just Cause 1989

Operation Desert Shield/Storm 1990-1991

Operation Gothic Serpent 1993

Operation Joint Endeavor 1995-1996

Operation Anaconda 2002

Operation Enduring Freedom Philippines 2002-2015

Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003-2011

Operation Red Wings 2005

VSO Operations 2010

Operation New Dawn 2010-2011

Operation Neptune Spear 2011