Brave Men, Dark Waters

The Untold Story of the Navy SEALs

Orr Kelly

• Publisher: Open Road Media
• Year: 2014
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9781497645639
• Subtopic: Military & Maritime History
• Index: History

A definitive history of the US Navy's renowned special operations fighting force—"the most complete in-depth study of this fabled elite unit" ( Library Journal).
The legend was forged in the fires of World War II, when special units of elite navy frogmen were entrusted with dangerous covert missions in the brutal global conflict.  These Underwater Demolition Teams, as they were then called, soon became known for their toughness and fearlessness, and their remarkable ability to get the job— any job—done. Years later, the renamed US Navy SEALs (for Sea, Air, and Land) continued to be a wartime force to be reckoned with throughout the remainder of the twentieth century and into the twenty-first. They served as rangers and scouts in the jungles of Vietnam, answered the call to duty in Panama, Granada, and in Saddam Hussein's Iraq, while developing into the very best of the best, the cream of America's Special Forces crop.  
Author Orr Kelly offers a rich and riveting history of the SEALs, covering their remarkable triumphs while not shying away from the scandals and controversies. An extraordinary portrait of extraordinary fighting men,  Brave Men, Dark Waters shines a brilliant light into the darkest shadows of war, which is where the SEALs have operated for decades with awesome and deadly efficiency.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface
• Chapter 1 Who Are We?
• Chapter 2 Bloody Waters—Tarawa and Normandy
• Chapter 3 From Saipan to Tokyo Bay
• Chapter 4 A Different Breed—Commandos from the Sea
• Chapter 5 New Horizons—and War in Korea
• Chapter 6 Birth of the SEALs
• Chapter 7 A Pleasant Little War
• Chapter 8 The Men with Green Faces
• Chapter 9 The Super SEALs
• Chapter 10 The Lieutenant (jg) Says No
• Chapter 11 The March of the Jedi
• Chapter 12 A Tiny Little Island
• Chapter 13 Target: Manuel Noriega
• Chapter 14 To the Persian Gulf—and Beyond
• Image Gallery
• Bibliography
• Index
• About the Author
• Copyright Page