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| Special Forces in History | |
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| A Force to Reckon With | |
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| What's so Special About Special Forces? | |
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| America's First Special Forces Unit | |
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| Rangers of the American Revolution | |
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| Special Forces in the Civil War | |
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| Special Forces Come of Age | |
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| The Special Forces of World War II | |
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| The 1st Ranger Battalion | |
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| The Birth of the First Special Services Force | |
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| Into the Jungle with America's New Elite | |
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| Underwater Units and Amphibious Invasions | |
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| Covert Operations in World War II | |
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| Lieut. Col. Pete Ellis and Operation Plan 712 | |
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| "Wild Bill" Donovan, Coordinator of Information | |
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| The Office of Strategic Services | |
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| The U.S. Special Operations Command | |
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| America's Models: Foreign Special Forces | |
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| Winston Churchill's Special Operations Executive | |
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| David Stirling's Special Air Service | |
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| The British Special Boat Squadron | |
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| The Fuhrer's Secret Warriors | |
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| Foreign Special Forces Since World War II | |
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| The Green Berets | |
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| When Counterinsurgency Was All the Rage | |
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| Harry Truman's Postwar Purge | |
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| Trouble in the East: The Malayan Emergency | |
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| Col. Aaron Bank and the U.S. Special Forces | |
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| Fade to Black: The Central Intelligence Agency | |
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| The Green Berets at Their Finest Hour | |
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| Trouble in Southeast Asia | |
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| John F. Kennedy and the Green Berets | |
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| Robin Moore Joins the Green Berets | |
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| The Ballad and the Balladeer | |
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| The Green Berets in Vietnam | |
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| Kennedy Turns to the Special Forces | |
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| The Civilian Irregular Defense Group | |
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| The Achievements of Project Delta | |
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| Project Omega and Project Sigma | |
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| Incident in the Tonkin Gulf | |
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| Endgame in Vietnam | |
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| The Battle of Nam Dong | |
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| The Other War | |
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| Rogues and Snake Eaters | |
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| The Rheault Incident | |
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| Operation Kingpin: The Raid at Son Tay | |
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| The Final Fate of the Indigs | |
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| The Lean Years | |
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| A New Battle for Survival | |
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| Civic Action at Home: The SPARTAN Program | |
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| Crisis Erupts in Iran | |
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| Operation Just Cause: A Second Chance | |
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| Special Forces in Panama | |
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| Special Forces in the Persian Gulf War | |
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| The U.S. Army Special Forces | |
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| The Coming of the U.S. Special Operations Command | |
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| The Iranian Hostage Crisis | |
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| The Nunn-Cohen Amendment | |
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| The Structure of the U.S. Special Operations Command | |
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| Introducing the U.S. Army Special Operations Command | |
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| The "Six Pack" | |
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| The Special Forces Command | |
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| The 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment | |
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| The Special Operations Support Command | |
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| The John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School | |
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| The Civil Affairs/Psychological Operations Command | |
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| The U.S. Army Special Forces Training Regimen | |
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| Requirements for a Special Forces Recruit | |
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| The Special Forces Assessment and Selection Course | |
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| The Qualification Course | |
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| More School, Then into the Field | |
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| The Special Forces Creed | |
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| The 75th Ranger Regiment | |
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| "Rangers Lead the Way" | |
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| The 75th Ranger Regiment Today | |
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| The Structure of a Ranger Regiment | |
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| The Ranger Training Brigade | |
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| The Ranger Creed | |
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| The U.S. Navy SEALs | |
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| Introducing the Navy SEALs | |
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| The Origin of the Navy SEALs | |
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| The SEALs in Action | |
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| The "Brown Water Navy" | |
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| The Navy SEALs Training Regimen | |
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| Requirements for a Navy SEAL Candidate | |
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| BUD/S Training | |
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| Airborne-Qualified | |
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| Probation | |
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| Into the Sea, Air, Land Teams | |
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| Group One and Group Two | |
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| SEAL Teams in a Nutshell | |
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| A Typical SEAL Mission | |
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| The U.S. Air Force Special Operations | |
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| Introducing the U.S. Air Force Special Operations | |
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| The Birth of the Air Force Special Ops | |
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| The AFSOC Basic Mission Profiles | |
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| The Precursors of the AFSOC | |
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| The Decline and Rebirth of Air Force Special Operations | |
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| The AFSOC Units | |
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| The AFSOC Aircraft | |
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| The Air Force Special Ops Training Regimen | |
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| Into the Air Force Special Tactics Squadrons | |
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| A Bit of History | |
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| Special Tactics Squadron Training | |
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| Pararescue Jumper Training | |
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| Combat Controller Training | |
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| The First Special Operational Detachment-Delta | |
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| Terror Is Their Business: Delta Force | |
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| Terrorism on the Rise | |
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| America Responds: Delta and Blue Light | |
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| Delta in Action | |
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| Into the Future | |
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| The Delta Force Training Regimen | |
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| Who Joins Delta? | |
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| The Physical Trials | |
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| The Interview | |
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| Delta Training: Enter the SOT | |
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| Appendixes | |
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| Special Forces Weapons | |
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| Guide to Military Acronyms | |
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| Further Reading and Viewing | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |