Inside the US Navy Seals [Paperback]

Gary Stubblefield (Author), Hans Halberstadt (Author)

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About the Author

Hans Halberstadt has authored and co-authored more than fifty books, mostly on military subjects, especially U.S. special operations forces, armor, and artillery. Halberstadt served in the U.S. Army as a helicopter door gunner in Vietnam. He and his wife, April, live in San Jose, California.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Motorbooks International (September 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0760301786
• ISBN-13: 978-0760301784
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #309,081 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Reasons why this is the best book around., November 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Inside the US Navy Seals (Paperback)

I have read several in the SPECOPs genre, among them the excellent works by Douglas Walker, and also by D.Marcinko. I thought I'd share some concrete reasons why this is one of the best book on the US Navy SEALS I've come across. Gary Stubblefield has written a well informed analysis of present day SEAL teams. He describes in detail the methods emplyed by the teams, and backs them up with his concrete experience in Vietnam, or with stories from his fellow SEALs. You are taken into the jungle to witness a SEAL ambush, or a ship takendown in Panama harbor. Stubblefield gives an authoritative assesment of present day SEAL strengths and weaknesses. His anecdotes and obvious experience gives an unprecedented complete view into the Naval Special Warfare community.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book on what happens inside SEAL territory!, May 29, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Inside the US Navy Seals (Paperback)

Gary Stubblefield, a SEAL with over 20 years experience, recounts his days as a SEAL, as well as giving us an excellent up-to-date review of everything around the Navy's SEAL. No romaticizing, just the truth. For someone who's life's dream was to be a SEAL, I was kind of disappointed at how the SEALs went from being creative and imaginative warriors to creative and imaginative warriors with a bureaucracy over their head. A bureaucracy madeup of people with no real SEAL experience. Excellent book that will let you know what's going on in an objective and truthful way.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Very Excellent Choice, October 2, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Inside the US Navy Seals (Paperback)

This book is very excellent. When I first purchased it, I couldn't read it myself, with my friends always borrowing it. Either way, I love it and would recommend it to anyone with interest in the military an/or Navy SEALs.