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Stejskal, James, author.
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Special forces (Military science) -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Cold War.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.
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Special Forces Berlin : clandestine Cold War Operations of the US Army's Elite, 1956-1990 / James Stejskal.
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Stejskal, James, author.
Philadelphia ; Oxford : Casemate Publishers, 2017.
Subjects
Special forces (Military science) -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Cold War.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.
ISBN:
9781612004440 (hardcover)
161200444X (hardcover)
Description:
xvi, 333 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Contents:
The Origins of Special Forces -- The Formative Years (1956-1971) -- A New Mission and a Midlife Crisis (1972-1976) -- The Pros from Dover (1976-1981) -- Appointment in Tehran -- The Final Days (1981-1984) -- The New Kid on the Block (1984) -- Until the Fall (1984-1990) -- Epilogue: A Casualty of Peace -- Appendix A: In the Sights of the Enemy -- Appendix B: Leadership -- Timeline: Special Forces Berlin, 1956-1990 -- Timeline: Iran Mission, 1979-1981 -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Notes -- Sources.
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The previously untold history of a highly classified US Army Special Forces Detachment covertly stationed in West Berlin, Germany during the Cold War, poised to act if war ever broke out.
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