Special Forces Berlin
Subtitle: clandestine Cold War operations of the US Army's elite, 1956-1990
By: James Stejskal
Publisher: Casemate
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9781612004440
Subjects: Special forces (Military science); Cold War; Foreign relations; History
Description: xvi, 333 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: I. The Origins of Special Forces ; II. The Formative Years (1956-1971) ; III. A New Mission and a Midlife Crisis (1972-1976) ; IV. The Pros from Dover (1976-1981) ; V. Appointment in Tehran ; VI. The Final Days (1981-1984) ; VII. The New Kid on the Block (1984) ; VIII. Until the Fall (1984-1990) ; Epilogue : A Casualty of Peace.