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Reviews of\u00a0Oppose Any Foe<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cessential reading for those interested in special operations\u201d
\n\u2015Military Review<\/em><\/p>\n

“an invaluable and highly readable overview of SOF’s history not just for those newly joining its ranks but also for anyone who seeks to know more about these glamorous and little-understood forces”
\n\u2015National Review<\/em><\/p>\n

“succeeds brilliantly in presenting a sweeping 100,000-foot view all the way down to ground, dirt, sweat and blood level. A must-read.”
\n\u2015American Spectator<\/em><\/p>\n

“needs to be taken seriously by policy makers”
\n\u2015Wall Street Journal<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201can exceptionally valuable contribution to an understanding of U.S. military capabilities\u201d
\n\u2015Army<\/em><\/p>\n

“Moyar admires these elite units, and his enthusiastic, warts-and-all approach to discussing Special Forces fireworks will surely raise some eyebrows.”
\n\u2015Publishers Weekly<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201can excellent primer on the history of US special operations\u201d
\n\u2015Studies in Intelligence<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cA definitive account that reads like a well-crafted novel. Mark Moyar balances the audacity, egos, expertise, and mistakes that comprise the true history of America\u2019s Special Operations Forces to produce a fascinating story that is as instructive as it is entertaining. A must-read for current and future policymakers.\u201d
\n\u2014Stanley McChrystal, General (ret), commander of Joint Special Operations Command, 2003\u20132008<\/p>\n

\u201cOppose Any <\/em>Foe<\/em> is a superbly researched, wonderfully readable account of the evolution of America\u2019s Special Operations Forces, with very thoughtful\u2014and thought-provoking\u2014reflections on the employment of SOF in our recent wars. Oppose Any Foe<\/em> is, in particular, a fitting and timely tribute to the extraordinarily talented, courageous, and selfless special operators with whom I was privileged to serve in Iraq and Afghanistan.\u201d
\n\u2014David Petraeus, General (ret.), commander of US and coalition forces during the \u201csurges\u201d in Iraq and Afghanistan and, subsequently, director of the CIA<\/p>\n

\u201cMark Moyar\u2019s Oppose Any Foe<\/em> is both a history and an analysis of America\u2019s formation and use of Special Operations units and their suitability for nonconventional and often stealthy operations. As in his past explorations, from Vietnam to the contemporary \u2018war on terror,\u2019 Moyar\u2019s work is characterized by exacting research and common sense. He is becoming our most engaging, analytical, and reliable historian of the postwar American military.\u201d
\n\u2014Victor Davis Hanson, senior fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and author of The Savior Generals<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThis truly extraordinary book combines the scholarship of a profoundly impressive work of history with the white-knuckle tension of a thriller. The reader is naturally overawed with the sheer courage of the American Special Ops Forces, but also with the quality of their training, the depth of their professionalism, the acuity of their instincts, and the decency apparent in their innate modesty. Mark Moyar has done them, and us, a fine service in writing this groundbreaking book.\u201d
\n\u2014Andrew Roberts, professor, War Studies Department, King\u2019s College, London<\/p>\n

\u201cMark Moyar has written an important history of US Special Operations Forces that eloquently records their recent rise in prominence. In this well-referenced and highly readable book, Moyar highlights the chronic challenges that Special Operations Forces have faced in working for conventional commanders and describes the limits of the military instrument in its current configuration in achieving US foreign-policy objectives. He shows the need for fresh thinking on how America conducts its own irregular warfare activities and a better understanding by policymakers and their senior military advisors on what is possible through military force.\u201d
\n\u2014Charles T. Cleveland, Lieutenant General (ret.), commander of the United States Army Special Operations Command, 2012\u20132015<\/p>\n

\u201cHistorian Mark Moyar weaves together nuggets of history from Special Operations past to create an in-depth account of America\u2019s elite forces. But Oppose Any Foe<\/em>\u2019s best part comes at the end. Moyar offers advice to future Special Operations Forces. Recommended reading for the current administration and future SOF leaders.\u201d
\n\u2014Kevin Maurer, coauthor of No Easy Day, the Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama Bin Laden<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is exceptional to find a writer who has the diligence and depth of the careful scholar, with the skill to tell a rattling good tale\u2014but Mark Moyar is that author. This is a masterly account of the rise of American Special Forces, a compelling account not just of the derring-do, but the Washington politics and organizational rivalries that went into forging the tip of the American armed forces\u2019 spear.\u201d
\n\u2014Eliot A. Cohen, Robert E. Osgood Professor of Strategic Studies, Johns Hopkins SAIS, and author of The Big Stick<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cSimply put, Oppose Any Foe<\/em> is now the single best account available of US Special Operations Forces from their creation in World War Two to today\u2019s brushfire wars. An accomplished military historian, author Mark Moyar writes with the precision of a scholar and the vibrancy of a journalist. Moyar\u2019s sweeping history will superbly serve government and military professionals, and the nation\u2019s citizens, in fully understanding the extraordinary character and capabilities\u2014and limitations\u2014of this elite grouping of American warfighters.\u201d
\n\u2014Dr. Kalev I. Sepp, former deputy assistant secretary of defense for Special Operations and Counterterrorism<\/p>\n

\u201cMark Moyar\u2019s first-rate book is the best popular history of the Special Operations Forces to date and will remain an indispensable source of information, with memorable personalities and dramatic battle scenes, for the foreseeable future.\u201d
\n\u2014Thomas Henriksen, senior fellow, Hoover Institution, and author of Eyes, Ears, and Daggers<\/em><\/p>\n

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