Navy seals biography books

The U.S. Navy SEALs are famous for their exploits at home and abroad. They have TV shows, movies, books, and news coverage selling America a version of what and who they are — accurate or not.

But there is a deep and authentic history available that showcases the Teams and what they have accomplished since their creation on January 1, 1962.

“If the public learns the action-packed, humbling origin of the Teams, they will not only see the importance of American innovation and dedication to liberty,” said Caitlin Steinberg, Executive Director of Operation Green Faces, and a historian studying Navy SEALs and is currently writing a book about the exploits of legendary Native Alaskan Navy SEAL Sol Atkinson.

“But the inherent value in investing in “risky” programs such as NASA, ARPANET, the human genome project, and Naval Special Warfare.” 

So we asked actual Navy SEALs and SEAL historians what books they recommend.