Patrick K. O'Donnell / Historian

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Patrick K. O’Donnell / Historian

Patrick K. O’Donnell
is a historian, public speaker, and bestselling author of 13 books and scores of films and documentaries spanning the American Revolution to the Battle of Fallujah. He is a leading expert on America’s elite and special operations units.



A selection of the USMC Commandant's required Reading List	A selection of the USMC Commandant's required Reading List

The Unvanquished is an Amazon and Barnes & Noble Best Seller

“Told from the eye level of the saddle, seasoned with a dash of early John le Carré, Mr. O’Donnell’s work beautifully brings a covert Civil War out of the shadows.”
Wall Street Journal

"A ground-breaking addition to Civil War history."
Review Library Journal (Starred Review)

"[A] rip-roaring account from bestseller O'Donnell."
Publishers Weekly

“This book highlights an area of Civil War history that is often buried or altogether absent in standard narratives of the war due to the secretive and often clandestine nature of these sorts of operations…. Civil War scholars, students and enthusiasts alike will find The Unvanquished to be a valued addition to their libraries.” US Army Magazine. Maj Thomas McShea Army strategist and an instructor in the History Department of the U.S. Military Academy, West Point

“The Unvanquished is a spectacular book from one of America’s finest historians...Impossible to put down.”—James L. Swanson, Edgar Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer

“One of America’s great military writers captures the story of one of the Civil War’s most important specialized counter-irregular units. The story of the Union Army’s Jesse Scouts and their hunt for John Singleton Mosby’s Confederate Partisan Rangers has longed deserved detailed treatment...This is my new favorite of Patrick K. O’Donnell’s works.”—Dr. Barton A. Myers, Professor of History at Washington and Lee University, and editor of The Guerrilla Hunters: Irregular Conflicts During the Civil War

“Combat writing at its best.” —Wall Street Journal

“A great American writer.” —Clive Cussler, New York Times bestselling author

“A riveting page turner..” —John Stryker Meyer, Author of Across the Fence

“One of the world’s preeminent military historians.” —Military Review, U.S. Army

“One of the best historians of his generation.” —Washington Times

The Unvanquished is an Amazon and Barnes & Noble Best Seller

The Unvanquished is Selected as Amazon’s Best History Book for May