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    Delta Force: A Memoir by the Founder of the U.S. Military's Most Secretive Special-Operations Unit
    Delta Force: A Memoir by the Founder of the U.S. Military's Most Secretive Special-Operations Unit
    Delta Force: A Memoir by the Founder of the U.S. Military's Most Secretive Special-Operations Unit
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    Delta Force: A Memoir by the Founder of the U.S. Military's Most Secretive Special-Operations Unit

    Written by Charlie A. Beckwith and Donald Knox

    Narrated by Alan Sklar

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    Wanted: Volunteers for Project Delta. Will guarantee you a medal. A body bag. Or both.


    With this call to arms, Charlie Beckwith revolutionized American armed combat. Beckwith's acclaimed memoir tells the story of Delta Force as only its maverick creator could tell it-from the bloody baptism of Vietnam to the top-secret training grounds of North Carolina to political battles in the upper levels of the Pentagon itself. This is the heart-pounding, first-person insider's view of the missions that made Delta Force legendary.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateDec 30, 2014
    ISBN9781494578213
    Author

    Charlie A. Beckwith

    U.S. Army Colonel Charles A. Beckwith was the founderand first commanding officer of Delta Force. For his service,he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star,Legion of Merit, and Purple Heart. He is interred in the FortSam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas.

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    • 4/5
      Cool overview and history. Although it’s quite long and the end sort of just happens.
    • 5/5
      A bit dated but still an excellent read. If you have spent any time in combat arms this book will answer many nagging questions about task force Delta. If you haven't served at all this book will defiantly give you an education in the Special Operations community.
    • 4/5
      Nice historical look at where this special operations branch came from.
    • 3/5
      Parts of audio were missing on the last chapters .
    • 4/5
      well, it's clearly a biased book by the creator of Delta Force but it still was interesting as can be - strip out the history of Delta Force and you'll get a great story of how , little by little, a new full out agency of the military was created. Of course, you have to deal with Beckwith's ego and choice words but, whatever, great book anyways. For history buffs, and also war buffs, but mostly history buffs. A plus, you get to see the entire Desert One tragedy as just a minor glitch - oh well, sh@# happens, what a unique view!