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Special Operations Forces: Global War on Terror

This research guide provides information and resources such as journal articles, book titles, websites, and government reports/papers on the subject of Special Operations Forces.

Books

Down Range by Dick Couch; Richard Danzig (Foreword by)
Call Number: DS371.412 .C67 2005

ISBN: 1400081009

Publication Date: 2005-07-19
First in, Right Choice: The Employment of Special Operations Forces in America's War Against Osama Bin Laden, Al-Qaeda, and Global Terrorism by Mark Singleton
Call Number: HV6432 .S56 2002A

Publication Date: 2002
Special Forces in the War on Terror by Leigh Neville
ISBN: 9781472807908

Publication Date: 2015-05-20

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Special Operations by Michael E. James
Call Number: UA34.S64 J36 2006A

ISBN: 9781288322176

Publication Date: 2012-11-01

Articles/Reports

The New American Way of War: Special Operations Forces in the War on Terrorism
Byman, Daniel; Merritt, Ian. Washington Quarterly. Vol. 41, iss. 2, 2018.
United States Special Operations Forces and the War on Terrorism
Simons, Anna; Tucker, David. Small Wars & Insurgencies. Vol. 14, iss. 1, 2003.
Wrangling in the Shadows: The Use of United States Special Forces in Covert Military Operations in the War on Terror
McANdrew, Michael. Boston College International and Comparative Law Review. Vol.29, iss. 1, 2006.

Online Resources

Special Ops Rule in War on Terror
Warren, James A. Daily Beast. 12 Jul 2017.
U.S. Special Operations Command and the War on Terror
Dailey, Dell; Webb, Jeffrey. JFQ. Iss. 40, 2006.