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01867aam a2200289Mi 4500 001 E463EF8AE88811E3B056FCC0DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20140531010024 008 130103t20131983nyu 010 0eengd 020 $a 006224969X 020 $a 9780062249692 035 $a (OCoLC)857653433 040 $a AU@ $b eng $c AU@ $e rda $d OCLCO $d SILO 100 1 $a Beckwith, Charlie A, $e author. 245 10 $a Delta Force : $b a memoir by the founder of the U.S. military's most secretive special-operations unit / $c First Commanding Officer of Delta Force, Charlie A. Beckwith and Donald Knox ; with an epilogue by C.A. Mobley. 250 $a First William Morrow paperback edition. 264 1 $a New York $b William Morrow, $c 2013. 300 $a xi, 371 pages : $b maps ; $c 21 cm. 504 $a Includes index. 520 $a MILITARY HISTORY. Wanted: Volunteers for Project Delta. Will guarantee you a medal. A body bag. Or both. When Charlie Beckwith issued this call to arms in Vietnam in 1965, he revolutionized American armed combat. This is the story of what would eventually come to be known as 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. Through it all, the reader will become much better acquainted with America's deadliest weapon. 610 10 $a United States. $b Delta Force $b Delta Force $x History. 650 0 $a Operation Eagle Claw, Iran, 1980 $v Personal narratives. 700 1 $a Knox, Donald, $d 1936- $e author. 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20230907012753.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20140531010652.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E463EF8AE88811E3B056FCC0DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search