Inside Delta Force: The Story of America’s Elite Counterterrorist Unit-Fast Shipping

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Now the inspiration for the CBS Television drama, “The Unit.”

Delta Force. Theyare the U.S. Army’s most elite top-secret strike force. They dominate the modernbattlefield, but you won’t hear about their heroics on CNN. No headlines can revealtheir top-secret missions, and no book has ever taken readers inside—until now. Here,a founding member of Delta Force takes us behind the veil of secrecy and into theaction-to reveal the never-before-told story of 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-D(Delta Force).

He is a master of espionage, trained to take on hijackers, terrorists, hostagetakers, and enemy armies. He can deploy by parachute or arrive by commercial alone in hostile cities. Speak foreign languages fluently. Strike at enemytargets with stunning swiftness and extraordinary teamwork. He is the ultimate modernwarrior: the Delta Force Operator.

In this dramatic behind-the-scenes chronicle,Eric Haney, one of the founding members of Delta Force, takes us inside this legendarycounterterrorist unit. Here, for the first time, are details of the grueling selectionprocess—designed to break the strongest of men—that singles out the best of the best:the Delta Force Operator.

With heart-stopping immediacy, Haney tells what it’s reallylike to enter a hostage-held airplane. And from his days in Beirut, Haney tells anunforgettable tale of bodyguards and bombs, of a day-to-day life of madness and beauty,and of how he and a teammate are called on to kill two gunmen targeting U.S. Marinesat the Beirut airport. As part of the team sent to rescue American hostages in Tehran,Haney offers a first-personof that failed mission that is a chilling,compelling account of a bold maneuver undone by chance—and a few fatal mistakes.

From fighting guerrilla warfare in Honduras to rescuing missionaries in Sudan andleading the way onto the island of Grenada, Eric Haney captures the daring and disciplinethat distinguish the men of Delta Force.
Inside Delta Force brings honor to thesesingular men while it puts us in the middle of action that is sudden, frightening,and nonstop around the world.