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 Vietnam War with the 5th Special Forces Group from 1969 to 1970.
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 Osprey Publishing.