operations are a few references recently provided me by a serving US Army person. I was familiar with most, a few others were new to me. Altogether an interesting mix of perceptions, history and narrative of a concept that was highly innovative, very daring and very successful in the limited war (only in terms of location, constraints, geography and forces) for which it was purposely designed and in which it was successfully employed...

With one exception this list is provided in the format in which it was received, no particular order that I can discern. The exception was moving the thread from SWC from its original third from the bottom position to the top of the list:

http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/...read.php?t=868

http://selousscouts.tripod.com/fire_force__part_one.htm
http://www.rhodesianforces.org/Rhode...competence.htm
http://www.jrtwood.com/article_mudzi.asp
http://www.booksofzimbabwe.com/store3/erol.html
http://www.scribd.com/doc/2546611/Co...y-J-K-Cilliers
http://www.jrtwood.com/article_fireforce.asp
http://www.30degreessouth.co.za/index.php
http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/a...cc/pettis.html
http://books.google.com/books?id=k3g...rbooks_s&cad=1
http://selousscouts.tripod.com/count...n_rhodesia.htm
http://www.memoriesofrhodesia.com/me...ents/war-1.pdf
http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/...act/76/305/483
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/con...ent=a916401550

http://theeagleswillgather.blogspot....esia-pt-2.html
http://www.psywarrior.com/RhodesiaPSYOP.html

As one can see, there has been much interest in the concept in US military circles since the 70s...

H/T and thanks to he who sent the list.