Authors: Sean Naylor
Secret Warriors: Inside the Covert Military Operations of the Reagan Era
, by Steven Emerson (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1988).
The Secret War with Iran
, by Ronen Bergman (New York: Free Press, 2008).
Shadow Warriors: Inside the Special Forces
, by Tom Clancy with General Carl Stiner (Ret.) and Tony Koltz (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2002).
Spec Ops: Case Studies in Special Operations Warfare: Theory and Practice
, by William H. McRaven (New York: Ballantine, 1996).
Special Operations Forces in Afghanistan
, by Leigh Neville (New York: Osprey, 2008).
Special Operations Forces in Iraq
, by Leigh Neville (New York: Osprey, 2008).
Special Operations Patrol Vehicles:
Afghanistan and Iraq
, by Leigh Neville (New York: Osprey, 2011).
State of Denial
, by Bob Woodward (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006).
Task Force Black: The Explosive True Story of the SAS and the Secret War in Iraq
, by Mark Urban (London: Little, Brown, 2010).
The Threat Matrix: The FBI at War in the Age of Global Terror
, by Garrett M. Graff (New York: Little, Brown, 2011).
To Fight with Intrepidity: The Complete History of the U.S. Army Rangers, 1622 to Present
, by JD Lock (Tucson: Fenestra, 2001).
Top Secret America: The Rise of the New American Security State
, by Dana Priest and William M. Arkin (New York: Little, Brown, 2011).
The Twilight War: The Secret History of America's Thirty-Year Conflict with Iran
, by David Crist (New York: Penguin, 2012).
Veil: The Secret Wars of the CIA, 1981â1987
, by Bob Woodward (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1987).
War and Decision
, by Douglas J. Feith (New York: HarperCollins, 2008).
The War Within
, by Bob Woodward (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2008).
The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth
, by Mark Mazzetti (New York: Penguin, 2013).
We Got Him! A Memoir of the Hunt and Capture of Saddam Hussein
, by Lt. Col. Steve Russell, U.S. Army, (Ret.) (New York: Threshold, 2011).
Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
, by Jon Krakauer (New York: Doubleday, 2009).
Without Hesitation: The Odyssey of an American Warrior
, by General (Ret.) Hugh Shelton with Ronald Levinson and Malcolm McConnell (New York: St. Martin's Press, 2010).
Articles and Reports
“2 C.I.A. Reports Offer Warnings on Iraq's Path,” by Douglas Jehl,
The New York Times
, December 7, 2004, accessed at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/07/international/middleeast/07intell.html
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“After the War: Fighting; Syrians Wounded in Attack by U.S. on Convoy in Iraq,” by Douglas Jehl,
The New York Times
, June 24, 2003, accessed at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/24/world/after-the-war-fighting-syrians-wounded-in-attack-by-us-on-convoy-in-iraq.html
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“Against U.S. Wishes, Iraq Releases Man Accused of Killing American Soldiers,” by Michael R. Gordon,
The New York Times
, November 16, 2012, accessed at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/17/world/middleeast/iraq-said-to-release-hezbollah-operative.html
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“Al-Awlaki Strike Plan Included Jets, Special Ops,” by David Martin,
cbsnews.com
, September 30, 2011, accessed at:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/al-awlaki-strike-plan-included-jets-special-ops/
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“Al Qaeda Is Driven from Mosul Bastion After Bloody Last Stand,” by Marie Colvin,
The Sunday Times
(London), July 6, 2008.
“Al-Qaeda-Linked Force Captures Fallujah Amid Rise in Violence in Iraq,” by Liz Sly,
The Washington Post
, January 3, 2014, accessed at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/al-qaeda-force-captures-fallujah-amid-rise-in-violence-in-iraq/2014/01/03/8abaeb2a-74aa-11e3-8def-a33011492df2_story.html
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“Al-Shabaab Confirms Airstrike Hit Leader,” by Abdalle Ahmed Mumim,
The Wall Street Journal
, September 4, 2014.
“The Americans Left Behind,” by Doug Waller,
Time
, June 24, 2001.
“Aristide Says U.S. Deposed Him in âCoup d'Etat,'” CNN, March 2, 2004, accessed at:
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/03/01/aristide.claim/
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“Attack on Somali Islamist Leader Seen Triggering Power Struggle,” by Edmund Blair and Drazen Jorgic, Reuters, September 4, 2014.
“Battle for Fallujah Forged Many Heroes,” by Oren Dorell and Gregg Zoroya,
USA Today
, November 9, 2006, accessed at:
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-11-09-medals-fallujah_x.htm
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“Bin Laden's Fatwa,” text translated by PBS Newshour, accessed at:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/military/july-dec96/fatwa_1996.html
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“BlacklistedâFormer Delta Force Chief Shunned for Relating Experiences in Book,” by Sean D. Naylor,
Army Times
, October 20, 2008.
“British Hostage Found Dead in Afghanistan,” by Colin Freeman and Tom Coghlan,
The Telegraph
, September 4, 2005, accessed at:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/1497611/British-hostage-found-dead-in-Afghanistan.html
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“Camp Nama: British Personnel Reveal Horrors of Secret US Base in Baghdad,” by Ian Cobain,
The Guardian
, April 1, 2013, accessed at:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/apr/01/camp-nama-iraq-human-rights-abuses
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“Captured Iranian Qods Force Officer a Regional Commander in Iraq,” by Bill Roggio,
The Long War Journal,
October 3, 2007, accessed at:
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2007/10/captured_iranian_qod.php
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“âChemical Ali' Captured in Iraq,”
FoxNews.com
, accessed at:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/2003/08/21/chemical-ali-captured-in-iraq/
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“CIA Led Mystery Syria Raid That Killed Terrorist Leader,” by Jonathan S. Landay and Nancy A. Youssef, McClatchy Newspapers, October 27, 2008, accessed at:
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2008/10/27/54828/cia-led-mystery-syria-raid-that.html
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“Closing in on Zarqawi,” by Sean D. Naylor,
Army Times
, May 8, 2006.
“Commandos Get Duty on U.S. Soil,” by Eric Schmitt,
The New York Times
, January 23, 2005, accessed at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/23/national/nationalspecial3/23code.html
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“Correspondence/Touring Somalia; When All Else Fails (Like the State), Take the Drug Flight into Town,” by Donald G. McNeil Jr.,
The New York Times
, February 3, 2002, accessed at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/weekinreview/correspondence-touring-somalia-when-all-else-fails-like-state-take-drug-flight.html
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“The Day My Team and Delta Force Killed Saddam Husseins [
sic
] Two Sons,” accessed at:
http://www.experienceproject.com/stories/Have-Been-To-Iraq-And-Have-A-Story/1543477
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“Deep Underground Tunnels,” by Glenn Goodman,
Armed Forces Journal International,
June 1997.
“Delta Force Commando Who Saved âNumerous Lives' in Benghazi Seige [
sic
] Honored,” by Rowan Scarborough,
The Washington Times
, January 25, 2014, accessed at:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jan/25/delta-force-commando-awarded-second-highest-milita/
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“Delta Force Marine Awarded Navy Cross for Fight at CIA Annex in Benghazi,” by Rowan Scarborough,
The Washington Times
, November 16, 2013, accessed at:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/nov/16/delta-force-marine-awarded-navy-cross-fight-cia-an/?page=all
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“Escape and Evasion,” by Seymour M. Hersh,
The New Yorker
, November 12, 2001.
“Exclusive: Inside a U.S. Hostage Rescue Mission,” by Sean D. Naylor,
Navy Times
, November 7, 2008, accessed at:
http://www.navytimes.com/article/20081107/NEWS/811070315/Exclusive-Inside-U-S-hostage-rescue-mission
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“First on CNN: US Commandos Were Poised for Raid to Capture Benghazi Suspect,” by Barbara Starr, CNN, accessed at:
http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2013/10/29/first-on-cnn-us-commandos-were-poised-for-raid-to-capture-benghazi-suspect/
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“âForeign Fighters' Die in Somalia,” BBC News, June 3, 2007, accessed at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6716725.stm
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“Former Interrogator Presses for McChrystal's Stance on Abuse,” by Spencer Ackerman,
The Washington Independent
, June 1, 2009.
“Fort Bragg Soldier Recalls Battle That Won Him Higher Honor,” by Kevin Maurer,
The Fayetteville Observer
, syndicated by the Associated Press, June 23, 2005, and accessed at:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1429115/posts
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“Four American Hostages Killed by Somali Pirates,”
nbcnews.com
, accessed at:
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/41715530/ns/world_news-africa/t/four-american-hostages-killed-somali-pirates/#.U3VX6HYglwI
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“Franks: Much Work Ahead,” by Liam Pleven,
Newsday
, November 22, 2001.
“Frederick Army Ranger Killed in Afghanistan,” by Megan Eckstein,
The Frederick News-Post
(Maryland), October 5, 2010, accessed at:
http://www.fredericknewspost.com/archive/article_fdf2922a-9548-52a0-85e5-de940165f1cc.html?mode=jqm
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“Getting bin Laden,” by Nicholas Schmidle,
The New Yorker
, August 8, 2011.
“Ground Force Boosted,” by Kenneth R. Bazinet, New York
Daily News
November 5, 2001, accessed at:
http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/ground-force-boosted-u-s-sends-troops-set-long-fight-article-1.920839
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“The Haditha Dam SeizureâParts 1, 2, and 3,” by John D. Gresham, Defense Media Network, May 1, 2010, accessed at:
http://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/hold-until-relieved-the-haditha-dam-seizure/
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“A Heart Laid Bare,” by Clay Latimer,
Rocky Mountain News
, April 3, 2004.
“Heroism Earns Soldier High Award,” by Carrie Chicken,
The Walla-Walla Union-Bulletin
, June 14, 2005, accessed at:
http://www.professionalsoldiers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7150
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“He's in the Backseat!,” by James Bamford,
The Atlantic
, April 2006, accessed at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2006/04/-hes-in-the-backseat/304712/
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“How Iran Used Explosively Formed Projectiles to Influence Events in Iraq,” in Musings on Iraq blog, July 11, 2011, accessed at:
http://musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2011/07/how-iran-used-explosively-formed.html
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“Hunting War CriminalsâThe First Account of Secret U.S. Missions in Bosnia,” by Richard J. Newman,
U.S. News & World Report
, July 6, 1998, accessed at:
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/980706/archive_004280.htm
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“In Maliki's Hometown, Grief and Questions After Deadly U.S. Raid,” by Qassim Zein and Hannah Allam, McClatchy Newspapers, June 29, 2008, accessed at:
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2008/06/29/42641/in-malikis-hometown-grief-and.html
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“In Secret Unit's âBlack Room,' a Grim Portrait of U.S. Abuse,” by Eric Schmitt and Carolyn Marshall,
The New York Times
, March 19, 2006, accessed at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/19/international/middleeast/19abuse.html?pagewanted=all
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“Inside America's Shadow War on TerrorâAnd Why It Will Never End,” by James Kitfield,
Defense One
, May 18, 2014, accessed at:
http://www.defenseone.com/threats/2014/05/inside-americas-shadow-war-terrorand-why-it-will-never-end/84685/print/
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“Inside Command Post in Hunt for bin Laden,” by David Wood, Newhouse News Service, March 8, 2002, accessed at:
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20020308&slug=hunt08
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“Inside the Failed Raid to Save Foley and Sotloff,” by Nicholas Schmidle,
The New Yorker
, September 5, 2014, accessed at:
http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/inside-failed-raid-free-foley-sotloff
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“It Takes a NetworkâThe New Front Line of Modern Warfare,” by Stanley A. McChrystal, in
ForeignPolicy.com
, accessed at:
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/02/22it_takes_a_network
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“JSOC Commander Speaks, Buckhorn âCaptured' During Exercise,” by Howard Altman,
The Tampa Tribune
, May 21, 2014, accessed at:
http://tbo.com/list/military-news/jsoc-commander-looks-to-industry-for-new-technologies-20140521/
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“Key Al Qaeda Figure Reported Killed in Blast,” National Public Radio, December 3, 2005, accessed at:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5037605
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“Lawmakers Hold Hearing on Deadly âExtortion 17' Helicopter Crash in Afghanistan,” by Jon Harper,
Stars and Stripes
, February 27, 2014, accessed at:
http://www.stripes.com/news/lawmakers-hold-hearing-on-deadly-extortion-17-helicopter-crash-in-afghanistan-1.270274
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“Memorial to Hail 12 Victims of '92 Copter Crash,”
Deseret News,
August 12, 1994, accessed at:
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/369440/MEMORIAL-TO-HAIL-12-VICTIMS-OF-92-COPTER-CRASH.html
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“Military Killed Taliban Who Downed US Helicopter,” by Lolita C. Baldor and Pauline Jelinek, Associated Press, August 10, 2011, accessed at:
http://news.yahoo.com/military-killed-taliban-downed-us-helicopter-132740655.html
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