I read this after watching the unit on television. I really liked the tv show. The book was even better. If you are looking for a glimpse inside our special operations forces I would highly recommend this book.

Haney tells the story from his experience and it is great. He describes in detail his Selection and training to become an operator. Obviously, he doesn't tell everything but what he does makes it an interesting read. He was there during the disastrous rescue attempt of the hostages in Iran and tells what happened. He also talks about other missions is Latin America as well. The hit TV show "The Unit" was based off this book and you can tell. I recommend this book because it gives great insight to the forming and early years of this elite unit. I am going to read it again.

Excellent job. I was a little disappointed that there wasn't any more information than there was but it was still a good read.

This book gave a lot of info but i felt that it left a lot of unanswered questions. I thought the details of how Delta Force came about was fascinating but after that it got a little boring. I would have liked more information and stories like the one about the very first and disastrous delta force mission.

Eric Haney does a great job telling the surprisingly rough history of Delta Force, which became the highest and most secretive unit in the U.S. military. I get the feeling there were some things he wasn't allowed to talk about for security reasons, but what he does talk about is very informative and interesting to read. Not only do we get to see what the strenuous training is like, but we also get a look at what some of the missions were like for Haney and some of the other soldiers who were part of Delta Force's original unit.

The missions these soldiers take part of are very dangerous, and sometimes many lives are at stake, but these guys are capable of completing the missions without any harm being done either to themselves or to the hostages they might be trying to rescue. It's a good feeling knowing we have soldiers of this caliber protecitng our country in such a dangerous world. Overall, this is a well written book. I enjoyed every chapter, and am now curious to learn more about Delta Force, and to read more stories about the U.S. military and its elite units.

Excellent condition, this book provides an in depth to the real life of Delta's members, training and operations. A must for any special forces enthusiast.

This book was given to me with a pretty good recommendation so I went into it with high expectations. I was not disappointed in the least. In the book, CSM Haney (U.S. Army, Ret.), details his selection, training, and operations as an operator within Delta Force from its inception. It is a very personal narrative that takes us through his experiences as if we were there. From the brutal selection process involving extreme tests of endurance, both physical and mental, all the way to leading counterterrorism operations in the third world, the reader is drawn along at rapid op tempo. The author leads us through the recently blown open doors of a terrorist-held plane and straight into the shooting gallery, charging the whole time. We are lead through a bombed out Beirut, taking flak in the darkness over Grenada, and guerrilla wars in the jungles of Honduras.
While this is clearly a memoir of a very patriotic soldier it is not without its criticisms of politicians and other governmental agencies. Details of Operation Eagle Claw during the iranian hostage crisis were VERY interesting as well as discussion of the mission that never took place but definitely should have.
There is an even handedness to this account that gives the author credibility. I very much enjoyed the details of the training given here. The unrelenting shooting practice, training with the Secret Service, evading the FBI are all interesting. The quirks of these mens' personalities make for some lighthearted moments. I am both in awe of what these men take on and indebted for what these men do.
I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in a personal view of counterterrorism operations under Presidents carter and Reagan and the sacrifice necessary to ensure freedom not only for America but for those who would never have had the opportunity themselves. If you are an enemy of freedom, then someone had better take pity on you because these men won't. 1st SFOD-D, thank you.

I was hoping this book talked about the actual missions. It does not at all! It goes over the selection process and training process. The part about the selection process held my attention. The part about training was a little dry.

This is a story of remarkable men, who like the author Eric Haney, have put their lives on the line to keep us safe. The book is surprisingly well written by a career soldier but it does leave this reader wishing for more details of missions and fewer details of the selection process. This book is well worth the price.

This is a great book, is the book the TV Show "The Unit" is based on, just a good read.

These were my recent when-reading-does-not-otherwise-require-serious-concentration books. I'll review them together since they have considerable overlap and then cross post this review.

Why one might want to read these books together, or in quick succession, is that they cover Spec Ops, particularly counter terrorism, from the late 1970's to about 2004 and do so in a complimentary manner. For example:
- Mr. Pfarrer did 7 months in Lebanon and covers some of the complexity on the ground there. While Mr. Haney only did one (successful) counter sniper mission there, Mr. Smith gives a detailed account of the politics behind the whole mess.
- Mr. Haney did combat time during the invasion of Grenada, Mr. Pfarrer only heard about it from others and Mr. Smith again gives us the politics behind this operation.


Warrior Soul by Chuck Pfarrer - 4 stars

At first I was having feelings of regret over purchasing this book. The cover has a cheesy Hollywood photo of a Rambo wanna-be and the opening chapters have all the hallmarks of "military jock blows sunshine in ego inflating tall tale telling". Certain facts are a bit suspect. Take the following quote from the Author's Note, first page; "No SEAL has ever been captured, and not one teammate or body has ever been left in the field". I used to work with a guy who completed two combat tours in the Vietnam War as a Navy SEAL. He talked about the war on perhaps two occasions. The one I remember is the comment he made to another coworker about mining Haiphong Harbor at night and there was a relatively small but deadly explosive mishap underwater. Two SEALs were left in the water that night after the effort was made to recover the bodies. Given the extreme danger and great number of missions performed by SEALs I simply cannot believe others have not been unwillingly left behind under equally distressing circumstances.

By about chapter 4 ("Operator 156") Mr. Pfarrer gets into his own as a writer and the book flows rather seamlessly from then on. The author does a great job of relating the attitude/culture and abilities of the SEALs. Unfortunately, but by necessity I think, the facts not involving the author's personal life have a high degree of gloss. Operationally we get a good idea of what SEALs are capable of but not really how they go about fulfilling those capabilities.

One criticism of BUD/S comes to mind and if anyone reading this has an answer please feel free to leave a comment on this review. Training, particularly Hell Week, it seems to me, weeds out those less willing to suffer but also takes out a fair number of perfectly capable men. Sure training needs to be harder than combat but as the author himself points out some of the training crosses over the line from hard utility to plain stupidity. Washing out an entire boat crew because one or two members ring-out ends up removing one or more men who would otherwise have made a fully competent member(s) of the Teams. I guess maybe these guys are superstitious and if one is "unlucky" enough to get assigned to a wash-out prone boat crew then they don't want you or your bad luck on the Teams. To say the current system works well enough is to say `lets not find out if it can work better'.


Inside Delta Force by Eric Haney - 3 Stars

One thing I'll say for Delta Force members is that the mental stability of the men who are accepted into Delta is unrivaled. The SEALs are mostly crazy but have one redeeming mental quality - they can shut off the craziness to get the job done. Off hours there is no such restraint. And SEAL Team 6, the direct counterpart of Delta, is by far the craziest. Mr. Marcinko (founder of SEAL 6, known as "Mob Six" under his command) was Class-A egotistical bonkers and an insatiable thrill seeker. Just read his books if you don't believe me.

Because the war on terror (war against extremists) is ongoing, neither of these first two books gives us much insight into specific techniques and/or training. I suppose that is a necessary element since, even though much of that can be found out on the web, one can never be sure about the accuracy of strictly web-based information sources.

On the negative side Mr. Haney does not have the writing acumen of Mr. Pfarrer which interrupts the flow of his book. In his defense Mr. Haney has far less popular writing experience than Mr. Pfarrer (several major movie scripts) and, relatedly, may also not have had access to as talented an editorial group as someone with Tinsel Town connections. For example when Mr. Haney describes his encounter with an Army shrink; "`Haney,' he began in a sibilant voice". Seriously now, who, besides a parseltongued adept at Hogwarts, can reasonably be described as using a sibilant voice? People whisper when they talk sometimes but sibilance went out of the common parlance shortly after the days of Jane Austin. This type of airy language is used in conjunction with; "How dare that fat bastard speak to me that way" and the contrast is a bit distracting.

However, this book is a quick read and has a useful, if short, epilogue on the war on terror.


Killer Elite by Michael Smith - 4 Stars

This book has a dorky (if apt) title and reads like a summary report for a house sub-committee member in DC. The latter is both its strength and weakness. The book is a quick enough read and gives some good insight and back story on SEAL 6 and Delta and an indispensable treatment of the Activity. The authors' background in writing history shows and that's a good thing if you like reading history. Extensively end-noted there is enough ancillary information to keep one reading for quite some time on the subject.

Mr. Smith goes into more non-technical detail on how Spec-Ops was and is being used. So for instance we get to know just how many members of Delta, SEAL 6, etc there are at any given time (sorry but you'll have to read the book to find that out). His book also gives us some idea of the costs involved. My back of the envelope guess is that the major terrorist targets are costing our government (us taxpayers) somewhere around 5 billion each to track and put out of commission. That adds up to half a trillion dollars in just a few years - not a sustainable pace I think.

Taken together these books give a good picture of what kind of effort the US and a few allies (most notably the UK and Australia) are throwing at the War On Terror. These books might accomplish the proverbial help in sleeping at night except for one tiny little fact. Osama bin Laden is still a free man. Not as free as he would like to be but still free and he must be the most hunted man on Earth in these days. I find it more than a little disturbing, after reading these books, that we cannot bring him to justice.


And a couple of after thoughts:

Another facet of modern Spec-Ops warfare not directly addressed is suicide bombers. While it is clear that the most effective means of combating them is to target and take out the leadership* there does not seem to be anyway to stop the bombers proper except by happenstance. Terrorists that want something can be delayed until taken out but a suicide bomber just has to get close enough to the intended target and (boom) in no time the task is complete(*the leaders aren't too crazy or dumb - that's what the bombers are recruited for because they're too dumb to scratch together a coherent bombing plan or build suicide/homicide vests).

Lastly, there also seems to be no plan for building economies that breed people of responsible global citizenship. Not that this is a task for Spec-Ops but what good is it to chase and kill the current terrorist mastermind while waiting for the next one to show through some horrendously spectacular event?

I got this book for my husband because we watch 'The Unit'.
He said it was a good book but about the first half of the book talked about the selection process and I believe he wanted to read more about what they do.
All in all, he really did enjoy the book and he was glad I got it for him.

Eric Haney tells the tale of his involvement with the elite counterterrorist unit, Delta Force. Most of the time, when I read books about units "that don't technically exist" or whose operations are highly, highly classified, I come away disappointed. This book, is not one of them. Hany carefully describes his selection into Delta Force and describes the formulation of the first teams. His story is one of intrigue and will still keep you at the edge of your seat. If the "unclassified" stuff he tells in the story is this exciting, I can only imagine what the clandestine operations involve. This is a book that you won't be able to put down.

I'll start with the good. I very much enjoyed Haney's writing style and overall storytelling ability. Others here have felt otherwise, so I guess this is just a matter of personal taste.

My first con with the book was that roughly the first 60% of the book is devoted to selection and training. After reading a number of books on different special ops groups, this can get old quickly. Even so, Haney made this more interesting that most so I was happy to keep reading.

My biggest concern with the book is that somewhere after the training section I started to get that feeling you get when listening to the loudest guy at the bar. For example, he tells us that he wanted to be a sniper, but that instead he became one of the "short gunners". The only sniper training he mentions during the training section is the training he said they gave the short gunners to better understand how to work with the snipers. In the first few stories he is a short gunner doing one mission or another. Then out of the blue he is ordered on a sniper mission in Beirut. He doesn't say he was a short gunner standing in as a sniper, he says he was a sniper. He then explains offhand how when he underwent sniper training in Delta force they learned how to mentally control which part of the body blood would flow to, having the ability to mentally direct blood to a specific finger even! Given that the first 180 pages of the book are devoted to selection and training (I'm not kidding), I don't see how he forgot to mention being selected/trained for sniper duty before this. In addition, for all other missions before and after this he's a short gunner.

At one point in the book Haney tells us that he decided to evaluate any mission himself before deciding if he would follow orders. He makes a big point of saying that he and the other operators weren't afraid to disregard an order they didn't feel was right. Later in the book, he tells us how he lead a Honduran death squad with orders to kill guerrilla forces, even those who try to surrender.

These are just a few of the inconsistencies in his story. Unfortunately as the book goes on, he sounds more and more like my more loony former college professors. Any time all of the facts point to Castro's involvement in terrorism, etc, Haney takes this as prima facie evidence of a CIA setup (seriously). In fact, depending on the story, the CIA is either hopelessly incompetent, or diabolically in control of everything that happens in the world. He also shares a really kooky back story for Grenada. You see, there was this big evil US corporation that didn't want to be taxed by a peace loving island nation in the Caribbean (he names neither the nation nor the corporation). Since they didn't like paying taxes, they decided to have the US imperialist running dog military industrial complex (ok, he didn't use exactly those words...) invade the country and stop the taxes. So the military spent billions preparing to invade this poor country, only to have the CIA fix the problem in the meantime with a coup attempt. Now the problem was, the military industrial complex had this fancy invasion plan ready with no one to invade. No problem, we'll just make up a story that Castro was taking over Grenada and invade them instead.

Probably one of the best books I have ever read. I couldn't put this book down and finished in 2 days. Fascinating to learn how their are actually humans alive who can do these sort of things. This Eric Haney is a tough dude and a true professional!!!

Great Book. When ever I was in we always looked up to the Delta guys. First Is it true that the Govt new about Vietnam POWs but did nothing about it? Second Haney is a true patriot. Finally have a "good un'"

This is a page turner. It reads almost like a novel but it's a true story. There's a lot of time spent on training portion but it's really good.

I first got this for my wife after we started watching "The Unit" (season one). She read it right away. I finally got around to reading it and I wish I'd read it sooner. The TV show incorporates a lot of the advanced training used (even paintballers will recognize some urban-warfare tactics used, although that's downplayed in the book).

A gritty telling of the inception of Delta Force from A to Z, this
important historical and factual history is a must read for the
student and afficianado of all things military. This and the
simplified version for younger readers presents a complete picture
of the intensity of training, testing, and preparation to be accepted as member of this elite protective force, and leads the reader to greater understandings of the political implications leading to many of the
ops, both planned and aborted, during the author's long dedicated service. An absolute must read!!!Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist UnitInside Delta ForceBeyond Shock and Awe: Warfare in the 21st Century.(Book review): An article from: Military Review

You really get the insider's view with this book. The author does an AMAZING job of making you feel like you're living the life of a Special Forces soldier, right there with him.

Shame on you Haney for blaming the Navy for that Desert 1 fiasco. There should have been Army mechanics servicing those choppers, not Navy guys who had never seen a sand filter before, after all not much sand when flying over water.For the casual reader, those were new helicopters with just enough hours on them to be broken in and be proven combat worthy.They were Army birds serviced by Navy mechanics aboard the carriers.They were getting "bad gas millage" compared to comparable Navy Helios.Wondering why? Navy mechanics searched for a reason for what was perceived to be a problem.The solution was to remove what seemed to be an unnecessary component,which unfortunately were sand filters.The helicopters, not all of them developed mechanical problems over the desert.At Desert 1 Army & Marine units mingled with no clear command structure and the accident that took the lives of some very brave men, then President Carter canceled the operation.This operation could still have proceeded especially since we already had troops right across the street from the embassy.I've best heard it described as like "the bride waiting at the alter".
I remain convinced that the hostages would have been freed that night if President Carted had only pulled the trigger.
Seeing is believing.

This is an awesome book, by a no nonsense guy, who has been there and done that. The book came quickly, and for a great price. It was new, and with no marks, and the binding was as if it never had been opened. Thanks for a great book!

I'll leave the reviews to everybody else. I just want to contribute my 5 star rating and tell everybody it's a must buy.

A great read & insight into what these people go through to get their job & then do their job. I found Eric Haney's story, well written & very easy to read. I guess he had to edit particular details, as i did find some gaps in certain chapters. This Is understandable due to the nature of what he's writting about. I'm sure that anyone who reads this will enjoy it.

I read this book after being a long-time fan of "The Unit". Haney gets straight into how he came to selection with Delta then spends the rest of the book giving generally matter of fact no nonsense descriptions of his time in Delta. Having read a number of books on the special forces world it was interesting finally reading something about Delta Force and I really enjoyed Haneys book. The most memorable thing is how much of Delta Force is taken directly from the SAS. I knew they were inspired by the UK's finest but I didnt realise they were a direct copy! Most of the component arts of Delta are lifted from the SAS - and they rarely even bothered to change names!!!
Good Book though!

Fascinating reading. I liked the understated style of writing and found it a compeling read. The information concerning the depth and detail of their training was impressive. The author gives a vivid accounting of the failed rescue attempt in Iran. I would like to hear more from this author in his second career in dealing with child rescues.

I was very impressed with this account of Mr. Haney's service with Delta Force. I found it to be much better then the Rouge Warrior books. Mr. Haney is obviously a true professional. There are many stories in the book that have been played out in the tv show The Unit. I would love to hear more stories from Mr. Haney's service in Delta Force. As a former Marine I understand the sacrifices that these brave men have made. Semper Fi!

As a huge fan of The Unit, and a history buff, it made sense to branch out into the various military histories. I'd read Marcinko's Rogue Warrior and that was great, but writing could have been better. Also Beckwith's Delta Force and found that to be lacking, so I naturally branched out to Haney's account of his experiences with Delta Force. I was not disappointed. Did the book can easily be broken apart into three main sections: Selection, Training and Action.

Haney did a great job in describing the selection process that he went through to become a Delta candidate. I felt as though I was with him there on his forced marches, that I was seeing everything through his eyes. He would introduce little anecdotes, such as "The Man Who Walked His Feet Off at Delta Force Selection", or the soldier who rode on the back of a motorcycle the last miles of a forced march. Through it all we see how determined and full of spirit he was as he completed each leg of the selection.

Then he gave us an inside account of the actual training they went through. It seems surreal to be able to enter a room after a flash bang and within three seconds shoot and kill all the terrorists hidden amongst the various hostages. Such speed and accuracy is almost unbelievable, but is par for the course.

Finally we get to see the Iran fiasco that completely fell apart. To this point we still hadn't seen much action and yet I was still riveted to the story he was telling. Then he launched into descriptions of the various missions that he and his fellow operators went on in the Middle East and in the Latin countries.

Through it all we get a bared to the world and honest account, the good and the bad of it all. It is this that lends the credibility to what Haney was writing about. Then to top it all off the writing is actually good writing (as opposed to Marcinko and Beckwith), which allows for the reader to become invested in what was being told.

I would definitely recommend for any history buff, especially someone looking for military history. Haney was a great soldier and patriot, and he is also a great author and spokesman.

5 stars.

books were birthday gift for husband a retired army vet and he is enjoying them thank you Yvonne

i got this for my husband as a christmas gift. he loves it!! plus it came in on time for christmas. i'm impressed with the quick delivery

This got my kid back reading again. He's a big fan of "The Unit", and this is the book the show is based on. Kept him interested and reading something other than car magazines!

This book and Beckwith's book are simply the best two American Special Operations books available. You can read others, I have and will; they all pale thus far in complarison with these two.

First off, this is an awesome book by Haney. This is an excellent look into one of the most secretive of America's special forces groups. Haney writes alternating between recalling various events and providing his commentary on the special forces community, Delta Force, and the military in general. If you like military books or just a good read, pick it up. that said, a word to the wise: if you are expecting Black Hawk Down style high-octane shoot-outs, you will be disappointed. This is a collection of recalled stories from Haney's eight years in Delta. It shows how Delta works, their various operations around the world, and how the Delta Force operators interact with the rest of the military, especially non-special forces officers. Still, this is a great book. As long as you don't come to the book with a preconcieved notion of what should be in it, you'll enjoy it. Trust me.

My husband loves "The Unit", which is based on this book. He was very excited when he opened this Christmas morning!

this is the best book i have ever read. it has so much truth to it.

Good book, read right through it in one day. He will take you all over the world and through the training to be a member of Delta Force. They are relentless and fierce warriors that don't do it for attention. Good detail in the book with an honest voice telling how it really is.

David Mamet, in my edition of this book, now more than three years old, long before 'The Unit' came along, writes at the beginning:

"The great military novels have about them an ineffable air of sadness. [They] seem, both in scenes of combat and in the scenes of rest, depictions of a life heightened to the plateau of regret, longing, and loss. The great military memoirs, similarly, are a record of loss and its transmutation into compassion. [...] in Eric Haney's Inside Delta Force, we are welcomed into the curious, moving and persuasive philosophy of the soldier trying to find wisdom in defeat and humility in victory."

It's a comment that reflects the spirit of the contents, and which ultimately translates into the very cool TV series based on the book. I also admit, quite without shame that the characters of 'Phantom Strike Team' in my novel 'Fontaine' were definitely inspired by this account, which I found fascinating and quite un-put-downable; much like Michael Durant's 'In The Company of Heroes'.

I have no idea how 'real' and 'true' the things depicted here are, because I have no real evidence to back up whatever I believe. However, I would like to think--possibly wishfully, but why not?--that Orwell's 'rough men [who] stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm' aren't just a bunch of thugs, who just like to shoot people, but that they are like those guys; that they are grounded and have a sense of purpose, and that Mamet's comments are on the mark.

Again, without evidence for the 'truth', whatever that may be, I cannot tell; but I choose to think that Haney has done more than just show them in the best light; that even in the harsh light of day, it all basically holds true.

I read a few other reviews of this book before buying it and find they were accurate. Haney tells about how Delta force came to be in interesting detail. The people that submit themselves to the Selection process really can only truly truly want the job. If you watch or have seen any episodes of "The Unit" you can see where story plot lines came from, but don't expect any detailed past mission stories.

As usual, the same excellent quality and service that I have come to expect from Amazon. Book was great and recommend it to anyone thats interested in this type of stuff. Great compliment to "The Unit".

I initially was drawn to this book after seeing it credited as the inspiration for CBS's drama "The Unit". (I'm a sucker for marketing, huh?) This book was to be the first in a long line of military non-fiction works that I read recently and for me it's still one of the best. Haney isn't the GREATEST writer in the world but his style works well for the subject matter at hand and thankfully lacks some of the irritating macho-ness that plagues many other ex-military authors. What made the book great for me was the fact that because Haney was a recruit in Delta as opposed to one of the organizers, there is a sense of mystery and the unknown as he chronicles his progress through Selection and his early days in the unit. I also read Charlie Beckwith's book on Delta and thought this was the better read. The only thing I didn't like about the book was that Haney retired so many years ago that you are left wanting to know more about current ops, but that's not a criticism of the book itself, simply a lament on my part. Overall I'd highly recommend this to anyone interested in learning more about what drives these incredible individuals.

I'm glad that I read this book without knowing any of the flap coming from the author's critics. Of course a reader like me doesn't know "the real story," but this is a great story, and it rings true to me. I thought Haney told it with a great deal of humility considering his authentically "elite" status. I found the author to be likable throughout the book and it made the excitement in the pages even more worthwhile. Forget what his critics are writing... fact is CSM Haney put his life on the line in an often thankless line of "work." God bless CSM Eric Haney and this is a great book.

Great read. I spent 28 years in the Army, many of them at Bragg and retired in 2003. Mr Mercer's comments about what he believes are fact and fiction as it pertains to the contents of this book are inaccurate and I would recommend he go back and do his research correctly this time.

This book is perfect. I almost could not stop of reading until I finished it.
It is the most interesting approach to a Counterterrorist unit I ever read.
The language used in this book is simple and pleasant.

I caught the title of the book after falling in love with the TV show, The Unit. It's based on this book. Eric Haney tells an awesome tale of the formation and his entrance into the Delta Force. These soldiers are among the best trained and most effective military units in the world. They are highly secret and extremely effective. My son is a big fan of military history, weapons, armament, strategy, vehicles and etc. After I read this book I put it into his hands. He said it's the most exciting read he's ever had on the subject. I hold our men and women of the United States Armed Forces at the highest level of respect and honor. Read this book and you will too. I wish Mr. Haney would put out a couple more with some, as safely as possible, tales of the Delta Forces. It's a good read. Nice and easy. I was sad when I finished it. Have fun.

This book, on which the show "The Unit" is based, tells the inside story, the only way it can be told, from an insider. While I enjoy the show, the book goes into detail, and it's no nonsense approach makes it clear, given limitations placed on tv [under the heading of "broadcast standards", e.g., language, descriptions, and events] of how such a "unit" works. What I also enjoyed was the lack of bravado, and self serving egotism, that most books on military life [particularly memoirs] have. Mr. Haney presents it straight, no bull..., but no ego either. He has valid points at the end [regarding 9/11-e.g., we can't fix what's happened, but we can learn from it, which (unfortunately we haven't yet-given our current message and lack of leadership)]. It is an excellent book, and as he says, thankfully the U.S. has groups such as Delta Force, bless them, to do what needs to be done to protect us.

This book, on which the show "The Unit" is based, tells the inside story, the only way it can be told, from an insider. While I enjoy the show, the book goes into detail, and it's no nonsense approach makes it clear, given limitations placed on tv [under the heading of "broadcast standards", e.g., language, descriptions, and events] of how such a "unit" works. What I also enjoyed was the lack of bravado, and self serving egotism, that most books on military life [particularly memoirs] have. Mr. Haney presents it straight, no bull..., but no ego either. He has valid points at the end [regarding 9/11-e.g., we can't fix what's happened, but we can learn from it, which (unfortunately we haven't yet-given our current message and lack of leadership)]. It is an excellent book, and as he says, thankfully the U.S. has groups such as Delta Force, bless them, to do what needs to be done to protect us.

This is a phenomenal book. I simply cannot emphasize enough how amazing this book really is. I became interested in it because of the television series The Unit on CBS, which is based upon this book, and I wanted to see how true they were to the actual Delta Force.

What I discovered blew me away. From a grueling selection process to assaults on hijacked aircraft, Inside Delta Force gives keen insight into one of America's most elite fighting forces. Eric Haney, as one of the founding members, is able to put you describe in captivating detail the very real trials and triumphs of the unit.

My only wish is that he would write even more on this fascinating subject.