Special Forces at War - Hardcover

Stanton, Shelby L.

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0943231280 ISBN 13: 9780943231280

Publisher: Howell Press, 1990

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Describes the wartime activities of the U.S. Special Forces, and includes year-by-year overviews

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I practically own every book on the subject on the Green Berets in Vietnam, and this one is superb by far. Brief histories (pick up Stanton's Green Berets at War for more written history) are provided, but the PICTURES! This book follows the Special forces in Vietnam (mostly Green Berets) chronologically with pictures,I have never seen 98% of the photos in this book published anywhere else ever! Great amount of detail following the SF into Laos, VN A-camps (best pics ever), weapons, 'yards, nungs, SOG (personal favorite), and anything else. I cannot praise Shelby Stanton enough for this book, along with the rest of his wonderful collections. This book is a great reference that is invaluable to anyone remotely interested in the Special forces. The maps in the back are superb as well, and great overhead pics of base camps including part/full layouts!! No other book on the Green Berets can even touch the sheer magnitude and scale this book covers. A true prize for any collector - Running Recon (Greco) and SOG A Photo History (Plaster) are really the only illustrated books that have as great of a scale. In many respects this book stands alone - If I could give this book a 6/5 I would - actually I would give it an infinite - If you are into the Vietnam Green Berets or really any Special Forces from any era - BUY THIS BOOK NOW NO MATTER THE PRICE! --WF Standke

War vet and historian Shelby Stanton reported for military duty in Southeast Asia and worked with the Green Beret forces: his 'Special Forces at War' therefore offers a rare insider's experience paired with a scholarly historical approach, making it an essential standout for any military library strong in modern warfare. It's a photographic history which offers many unpublished images and insider observations of covert activities, representing years of active duty in the infantry: a weighty, essential guide for any serious military library. --Midwest Book review

The book itself is just great, brilliant pics of some fine men. The Us Special Forces. The finest of the finest. It was great to get the re print, since the original had been sold out and hard to get for some time already. I know soldiers of the Special Forces, of that era and in the book were few pics of Finns who had moved to The USA after WWII and joined in The US Military and Special Forces and SOG. Absolutely a great book to get. --Salo Jari

...as soon as I got round to giving the images more than a cursory galce I realised that it is an absolute gem. Written by accomplished historian and veteran Shelby S Stanton, who has supplied many of the countless images in its near 400 pages form his own collection, this book essentially covers US Army Special Forces in Vietnam and Southeast Asia over the eighteen years form 1957 to 1975. This hardback, which is bigger tha a copy of the Yellow Pages and almost as thick, is broken down into ten sequential and mostly chronoligical chapters, followed by an extensive maps section. The main chapters start off with a concise introduction which leads into pages crammed with heavily captioned balck and white images of fascinating detail. Only the last 16 page section is in coulr, reserved for maps and psy-ops psoters, but this is unsurprising as virtually all news and personal photography in that era was monchrome. If your area of interest is Special Forces in general, the Green berets in particular, or even the Vietman war era, this one has to be for you - an excellent work. --Combat and Survival magazine, Sept, 2009

The book itself is just great, brilliant pics of some fine men. The Us Special Forces. The finest of the finest. It was great to get the re print, since the original had been sold out and hard to get for some time already. I know soldiers of the Special Forces, of that era and in the book were few pics of Finns who had moved to The USA after WWII and joined in The US Military and Special Forces and SOG. Absolutely a great book to get. --Salo Jari

About the Author:

Shelby L Stanton is a well-known and respected military historian, author of the critically acclaimed and landmark reference books World War II; order of Battle, Vietnam: Order of Battle, Green Berets at war, and Rise and fall of An American Army.

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