Richard Taylor

Homeward Bound: Americas Veterans Return from War
Published by Praeger Security International (Greenwood Publishing Group)in hardcover in 2007. Republished by The Naval Institute Press in paperback in October 2009 as part of the Association of the US Army series.

Veterans have expectations, hopes, and dreams of a better life after putting their lives on the line for their country. Sometimes their aspirations are met, sometimes not. This book is a chronicle of their journey to war and back.

"Recent media and congressional furor concerning the deplorable conditions acing veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan occupations at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the less trumpeted difficulties many veterans are facing in receiving adequate care and readjusting to life back home likely came as no surprise to author Taylor, who describes similar situations throughout American history from the Revolutionary War to the present." - Reference & Research Book News, May 2007

"The true lesson of the book is that war changes soldiers; men and women return home to discover combat experiences become a part of their life. ... The heart-wrenching stories of veterans coming home from wars to face larger problems than they experienced in combat provide a backdrop for this contentious issue." - On Point, Summer 2008

"Taylor personally understands why homecoming dreams are so hard to realize. Veterans, those who share in their lives and those who enjoy history will appreciate the insights in 'Homeward Bound.'" - Army, January 2008

Prodigals: A Vietnam Story
Published by Casemate Publishing in 2003. Pre-publication manuscript selected as a winner at the Pikes Peak Writers Conference. Selected as a featured selection by the Military Book Club.

"A genuine and heartfelt account.... A narrative brimming with spirit, persuasive humor, and a bit of melancholy. It is a simultaneously horrifying and intimate, compelling and satisfying. - Casemate

"It was with great interest and not a little trepidation that I picked up ... Taylor's book.... I found a well-written, balanced chronicle that was gung-ho for life and adventure and gristly in the consequences of battle and misadventure. I found a book that, in words, encapsulated the emotions I saw in the faces and tears of those veterans I saw years ago." - Anderson Independent Mail, January 2004

"An excellent, on-the-ground read for anyone interested in command at the platoon to battalion level in combat." - West Point Assembly, March-April 2004

Planning for Low Intensity Conflict Campaigns
This is a single chapter in a primer on Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflicts developed during work on President Reagan's Commission on a Long Term Integrated National Strategy. The chapter is based on an article first appearing in Military Review.