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MOGADISHU () (AKA , Battle of the Black Sea, Operation Gothic Serpent, Task Force Ranger)

BOOKS and AUDIOBOOKS available in Donovan Library

BOOKS

DT407 .A4 1995 Allard, Kenneth. Somalia Operations: Lessons Learned. Fort McNair, Washington, D.C.: National Defense University Press, 1995.

DT407 .D45 1994 DeLong, Kent, and Steven Tuckey. ! Heroism and Tragedy. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1994.

DT407.4 .B69 1999 Bowden, Mark. Black Hawk Down: a story of modern war. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1999.

DT407.4 .P48 2000 Peterson, Scott. Me Against My Brother: at war in Somalia, , and Rwanda. New York: Routledge, 2000.

DT407.42 .B37 2006 Eversmann, Matt and Dan Schilling. The Battle of Mogadishu: First Hand Accounts from the men of Task Force Ranger. New York: Presidio Press, 2006

DT407.42 .B398 2013 Baxter, Peter. Somalia: U.S. Intervention, 1992-1994. London: Helion Press, 2013.

DT407.42 .C48 2012 Chun, Clayton K.S. Gothic Serpent : Black Hawk Down Mogadishu, 1993. New York: Osprey Publishing, 2012.

DT407.42 .D87 2003 Durant, Michael J. In the Company of Heroes. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2003.

DT407.42 .W49 2015 Whetstone, Michael. Madness in Mogadishu: commanding the ’s Quick Reaction Company during Black Hawk Down. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2015.

U262 .I73 2004 Isby, David C. Leave no man behind: liberation and capture missions. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2004.

U262 .M367 2002 McKinney, Mike. Chariots of the Damned: helicopter special operations from Vietnam to Kosovo. New York: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Press, 2002.

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AUDIO

DT407.4 .B69 1999 Black Hawk Down: a story of modern war. Prince Frederick, MD: Recorded Books, 1999.

E-BOOKS & E-AUDIO BOOKS Available to download (Will require a library account. Contact the reference desk for more information, [email protected])

Available from Overdrive

Bowden, Mark. Black Hawk Down. Grove Atlantic, 2010. Download at https://mcoelibrary.overdrive.com/media/1267527 eBook

The Battle of Mogadishu. Edited by Matt Eversman and Dan Shilling. Random House Publishing Group, 2004. Download at https://mcoelibrary.overdrive.com/media/52945 eBook

DOCUMENTS (items from Rand, DTIC, etc) (May Require Library account and Log-in)

"Infantry In Battle: From Somalia to the Global War on Terror" by the US Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, GA, Joanie Horton, Editor. Posted on Web site with special permission by the Commanding General. Download from https://mcoepublic.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/library/ebooks/InfantryInBattle- Final-31Aug05.pdf eBook

“Task Force Ranger Operations in Somalia 3-4 Octover 1993.” Special Operations Command and United States Army Special Operations Command History Offices, 1 June 1994. Download available at https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/FOID/Reading%20Room/International_Security_Affairs/ 07-A-2365_Task_Force_Ranger_Report_Operations_in_Somalia_1993.pdf

Baumann, Robert F., et.al. “My Clan against the world: U.S. and Coalition forces in Somalia, 1992- 1994.” Fort Leavenworth, KS: Combat Studies Institute, 2004. Download available from Defense Technical Information Center at https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a465677.pdf

Clifford, Day E. “Critical Analysis on the Defeat of Task Force Ranger.” USAF Air Command and Staff College, 1997. Download available from Defense Technical Information Center at https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA398454.pdf

Di Tomasso, Thomas. Battle of the Black Sea: Bravo Company, , , 3-4 October 1993. Fort Benning, GA: MCoE Student Paper, 1994. https://mcoepublic.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/library/DonovanPapers/other/STUP5/A- F/DiTomassoThomas%20CPT.pdf

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Hutmacker, Clayton M. “Command and Control of Special Operations Aviation: Time for a Change.” US Army War College, 2011. Download available from Defense Technical Information Center at https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a543399.pdf

Perino, Larry D. Battle of the Black Sea. Fort Benning, GA: MCoE Student Paper. https://mcoepublic.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/library/DonovanPapers/other/STUP5/M- R/PerinoLarryD%20%20CPT.pdf

Rysewyk, Lee A. CPT. Experiences of Executive Officer from Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment and Task Force Ranger during the Battle of the Black Sea on 3-4 October 1993 in Mogadishu, Somalia. Fort Benning, GA: McoE Student Paper, 1994. https://mcoepublic.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/library/DonovanPapers/other/STUP5/M- R/RysewykLee%20A.%20CPT.pdf

Sangvic, Roger N. “Battle of Mogadishu: Anatomy of a Failure.” US Army Command and General Staff College, 1999. Download available from Defense Technical Information Center at https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a366316.pdf

Smith, Kurt J. Task Force Ranger in Somalia: 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment - Delta, 3-4 October 1993. Fort Benning, GA: McoE Student Paper. https://mcoepublic.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/library/DonovanPapers/other/STUP5/S- Z/SmithKurt%20CPT.pdf

JOURNAL ARTICLES (from subscription databases) (Will require a library account. Contact the reference desk for more information, [email protected])

VERTICAL FILE For additional printed sources, check the vertical file at the MCoE HQ Donovan Research Library. Ask circulation and/or reference desks for assistance.

Ecklund, Marshall. Task Force Ranger vs. Urban Somali Guerrillas in Mogadishu: an analysis of Guerrilla and Counterguerrilla Tactics and Techniques used during Operation Gothic Serpent. Small Wars & Insurgencies. Vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 47-69.

Tovy, Tal. Are the Principles of War Applicable to Special Task Forces? Operation Gothic Serpent Re- examined. The RUSI Journal, vol. 154, no. 2, 2009. pp. 56-62.

U. S. Special Operations Command, and U.S. Army Special Operations History Office. Task Force Ranger Operations in Somalia 3-4 October 1993. 1 June 1994.

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