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• Apollo's warriors : US Air Force special operations during the Cold War / Michael E. Haas. (Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. : Air University Press ; Washington, DC : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1997), by Michael E. Haas (page images at HathiTrust)
• All roads lead to Baghdad : Army Special Operations Forces in Iraq / Charles H. Briscoe ... [et al.]. (Fort Bragg, N.C. : USASOC History Office : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., [2006?]) (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Special warfare : the professional bulletin of the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School. ([Fort Bragg, N.C.] : The Center and School ; [Washington, D.C. : Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., distributor]) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Current manning, equipping and readiness challenges facing Special Operations forces : hearing before the Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, hearing held, January 31, 2007. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 2008), by Unconventional Threats United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Terrorism (page images at HathiTrust)
• Special operations forces : hearings before the Special Operations Panel and the Readiness Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, second session, hearings held February 23 and March 2, 1988. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, U.S. G.P.O., 1988), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Readiness Subcommittee. Special Operations Panel (page images at HathiTrust)
• United States special operations forces posture statement. ([Washington, D.C.?] : Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict : U.S. Special Operations Command,), by U.S. Special Operations Command (page images at HathiTrust)
• Special Operations Forces : Army plans to buy more MH-47E helicopters than needed : report to the Honorable William V. Roth, Jr., U.S. Senate / United States General Accounting Office. (Washington, DC : The Office, 1990), by United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)

• U.S. Marines and irregular warfare, 1898-2007 : anthology and selected bibliography / compiled by Stephen S. Evans. (Quantico, Va. : Marine Corps University Press, United States Marine Corps, 2008) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Instruments of Statecraft: U.S. Guerilla Warfare, Counterinsurgency, and Counterterrorism, 1940-1990, by Michael McClintock (HTML at statecraft.org)

• Clausewitz in English: The Reception of Clausewitz in Britain and America, 1815-1945 (1994, with some later updates), by Christopher Bassford (HTML with commentary at clausewitz.com)
• The Eagle's Talons: The American Experience at War (1988), by Dennis M. Drew and Donald M. Snow (PDF with commentary at Air University Press)

• The Colored Cadet at West Point: Autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper, U. S. A., First Graduate of Color from the U. S. Military Academy (New York: H. Lee & co., 1878), by Henry Ossian Flipper (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
• The Colored Cadet at West Point: Autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper, U. S. A., First Graduate of Color from the U. S. Military Academy, by Henry Ossian Flipper (Gutenberg text)

• Ideas, Concepts, Doctrine: Basic Thinking in the United States Air Force, by Robert Frank Futrell
  • Volume I (1907-1960): PDF with commentary at Air University Press
  • Volume II (1961-1984): PDF with commentary at Air University Press
• SLAM : the influence of S.L.A. Marshall on the United States Army / by F.D.G. Williams ; edited and introduced by Susan Canedy. (Fort Monroe, Va. : Office of the Command Historian, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command ; Washington, D.C. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1990), by F. D. G. Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• The evolution of US Army tactical doctrine, 1946-76 / by Robert A. Doughty. (Fort Leavenworth, Kan. : Combat Studies Institute, US Army Command and General Staff College, 1979), by Robert A. Doughty (page images at HathiTrust)
• From active defense to AirLand Battle : the development of Army doctrine, 1973-1982 / by John L. Romjue. (Fort Monroe, Va. : Historical Office, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, [1984]), by John L. Romjue (page images at HathiTrust)
• The development of air doctrine in the Army air arm, 1917-1941 / Thomas H. Greer. (Washington, D.C. : Office of Air Force History, U.S. Air Force, 1985), by Thomas H. Greer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Press on! : selected works of General Donn A. Starry / selected, edited, annotated, and with an introductory essay by Lewis Sorley. (Fort Leavenworth, Kan. : Combat Studies Institute Press, US Army Combined Arms Center, 2009), by Donn A. Starry (page images at HathiTrust)

• The logbook of Signal Corps No. 1 : the U.S. Army's first airplane / edited by Meghan Cunningham. ([Washington, D.C.] : Air Force History and Museums Program : [U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., distributor], 2004) (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Big "L": American Logistics in World War II (1997), ed. by Alan L. Gropman (HTML at Ibiblio)
• Industrialists in olive drab : the emergency operation of private industries during World War II / by John H. Ohly ; edited by Clayton D. Laurie. (Washington, D.C. : Center of Military History, U.S. Army : For sale by Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 2000), by John H. Ohly (page images at HathiTrust)
• Industrial preparedness : breaking with an erratic past / Timothy D. Gill. (Washington, D.C. (Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington 20319-6000) : National Defense University Press : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1984), by Timothy D. Gill (page images at HathiTrust)

• Into the jet age : conflict and change in naval aviation, 1945-1975 : an oral history / edited by E.T. Wooldridge ; foreword by John S. McCain. (Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c1995) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Winged shield, winged sword : a history of the United States Air Force / Bernard C. Nalty, general editor. (Washington, D.C. : Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., 1997) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Aerospace science : frontiers of aviation history / produced and edited by Patricia Q. Roberson ... [et al.]. (Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. : Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps, Junior Program Branch, 1997) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A concise history of the United States Air Force / Stephen L. McFarland. ([Washington, D.C.] : Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., 1997), by Stephen L. McFarland (page images at HathiTrust)
• A century of air power leadership : past, present, and future : proceedings of a symposium / sponsored by the George Bush School of Government and Public Service, and the Air Force History and Museums Program ; with support from the George Bush Presidential Library Foundation and Texas A&M University ; edited by Jacob Neufeld. ([Washington, D.C.] : Air Force History and Museums Program, 2007) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The United States Army air arm, April 1861 to April 1917 / Juliette A. Hennessy. (Washington, D.C. : Office of Air Force History, U.S. Air Force, 1985), by Juliette A. Hennessy (page images at HathiTrust)
• With wings as eagles : the history of Army flight from its beginnings as a branch of aviation to its establishment as aviation branch / by Cecil B. Currey. ([Washington, D.C.? : Army Dept., 1984]), by Cecil B. Currey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Birthplace, home and future of aerospace-- : the evolution of aeronautical development at the Aeronautical Systems Center. (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio : ASC History Office, 1999) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Naval aviation 1911-1984 : a pictorial study / edited by Sandy Russell and the staff of Naval aviation news. (Washington, D.C. : Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Air Warfare) and the Commander, Naval Air Systems Command : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., G.P.O., 1984) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Aircraft preservation : preserving DOD aircraft significant to aviation history : briefing report to Congressional requesters / United States General Accounting Office. (Washington, D.C. : GAO, [1988]) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Remarkable journey : the Wright Field heritage in photographs / by Diana Good Cornelisse. ([Dayton, Ohio?] : History Office, Aeronautical Systems Division, Air Force Systems Command, [1991?]), by Diana Good Cornelisse (page images at HathiTrust)
• Carl A. Spaatz and the air war in Europe / Richard G. Davis. (Washington, D.C. : Center for Air Force History : For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. G.P.O., 1993), by Richard G. Davis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Aerospace science : frontiers of aviation history / produced and edited by DeShana E. Chisolm ... [et al.]. (Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. : Air Force Officer Accessions and Training Schools, Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps, 2002) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The United States Air Force Centennial of Flight Office presents significant milestones in Air Force history / by Phillip S. Meilinger. ([Washington, D.C.?] : Air Force History and Museums Program, [2003?]), by Phillip S. Meilinger (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fulcrum of power : essays on the United States Air Force and national security / Herman S. Wolk. ([Washington, D.C.?] : Air Force History and Museums Program, 2003), by Herman S. Wolk (page images at HathiTrust)
• Development of the B-52 : the Wright Field Story / Lori S. Tagg. (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : History Office, Aeronautical Systems Center, Air Force Materiel Command, 2004), by Lori S. Hawthorne-Tagg (page images at HathiTrust)
• The limitless sky : Air Force science and technology contributions to the nation / edited by Alexander H. Levis ; with the assistance of Colonel John C. Bedford, Captain Sandra Davis. (Washington, D.C. : Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, 2004) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A man for the time : an oral history interview with Lieutenant General James T. Stewart. ([Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio] : History Office, Aeronautical Systems Division, Air Force Systems Command, [1990?]), by James T. Stewart (page images at HathiTrust)
• Air Force combat wings : lineage and honors histories, 1947-1977 / Charles A. Ravenstein. (Washington, D.C. : Office of Air Force History, U.S. Air Force : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1984), by Charles A. Ravenstein (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Foulois House : its place in the history of the Miami Valley and American aviation / by Diana Good Cornelisse. ([Dayton, Ohio?] : History Office, Aeronautical Systems Division, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, [1992?]), by Diana Good Cornelisse (page images at HathiTrust)
• The development of air doctrine in the Army air arm, 1917-1941 / Thomas H. Greer. (Washington, D.C. : Office of Air Force History, U.S. Air Force, 1985), by Thomas H. Greer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Aviation in the U.S. Army, 1919-1939 / Maurer Maurer. (Washington, D.C. : Office of Air Force History, U.S. Air Force, 1987), by Maurer Maurer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Naval aviation, 1911-1986 : a pictorial study / edited by Sandy Russell and the staff of Naval aviation news. (Washington, D.C. : Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Air Warfare) and the Commander, Naval Air Systems Command : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., G.P.O., 1986) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Seventy-five years of inflight refueling : highlights, 1923-1998 / Richard K. Smith. ([Washington, D.C.] : Air Force History and Museums Program : U.S. Govt. Printing Office [distributor], 1998), by Richard K. Smith (page images at HathiTrust)

• Industrial mobilization : the relevant history / Roderick L. Vawter. (Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. : National Defense University Press ; Washington, D.C. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1983), by Roderick L. Vawter (page images at HathiTrust)

• Curriculum evolution : Marine Corps Command and Staff College, 1920-1988 / Donald F. Bittner. (Washington, D.C. : History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, 1988), by Donald F. Bittner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Victory starts here : a 35-year history of the US Army Training and Doctrine Command / by Benjamin King ; foreward by General Martin E. Dempsey. (Fort Leavenworth, Kan. : Combat Studies Institute Press, US Army Combined Arms Center, [2008]), by Benjamin King (page images at HathiTrust)

• All roads lead to Baghdad : Army Special Operations Forces in Iraq / Charles H. Briscoe ... [et al.]. (Fort Bragg, N.C. : USASOC History Office : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., [2006?]) (page images at HathiTrust)

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