Gordon L. Rottman (born February 24, 1947) is an American author of mainly non-fiction, military history books. Rottman joined the United States Army Special Forces in 1967 as a non-commissioned officer. He was initially trained as a weapons specialist and took part in the

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with the 5th Special Forces Group from 1969 to 1970. In 1974, he transferred to the

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where he served as an operations sergeant. In 1986 he became a part-time reservist in the

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, where he developed training scenarios. He later continued this activity as a freelancer for the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk. Rottman has been writing military history books since 1984, initially as a part-time job, mainly for

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. He resides in

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. He has written over 130 books and novels.

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