(PDF) Ebook Special Forces Berlin: Clandestine Cold War Operations of the US Army's Elite, 1956�1990
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Review James Stejskal has performed a great service to not only Special Forces but to the national security community by researching and writing this highly readable and anecdote filled history of one of the most unsung military organizations in the Cold War.� I strongly recommend this book and I intend to use it in my Georgetown course Unconventional Warfare and Special Operations For Policy Makers and Strategists because this is one of the best examples of applied unconventional warfare in special operations history. - Colonel David S. Maxwell, U.S. Army Special Forces (Ret), is the Associate Director of the Center for Security Studies in the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.�The reader learns not only the history, but also the individual soldier s motivations and way of thinking. The work leaves nothing to be desired and closes gaps in the history of the Cold War...I recommend this book highly.� - Colonel Friedrich Jeschonnek (Bundeswehr a.d.), Editor, Hardth�henkurier...part of the book is straight out of a le Carr� plot. �The Cold War in Europe is an often overlooked part of American military history because it stayed cold. But as this book shows, for the men serving on the front lines next to the Iron Curtain, conflict was always a real possibility that could happen at any time. Their sacrifice and service helped ensure the eventual collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the peaceful reunification of Germany. - New York Journal of Books Read more From the Author Their enemy: the Armies of the Warsaw Pact - over 1 million strong.Their mission: Buy NATO time in the event of a Soviet attack against Europe.The odds against them: Suicidal.These days we often hear of the exploits of special military units like 'Delta' and the SEALs. But what about the unit that led the way in the field of unconventional warfare and counterterrorism?'No force of its size has contributed more to peace, stability and freedom.'That's what the former head of US Army Special Operations Command, Lieutenant General Charles Cleveland said about the unique subject of this book.This is the history of a unique US Army Special Forces Detachment and the men who served in it. Known initially as Detachment 'A' Berlin, it was stationed far behind the Iron Curtain in West Berlin, inside the Soviet-controlled German Democratic Republic. This unit existed for one reason: to cause havoc behind the enemy's lines.Like all American Special Forces units, Detachment 'A' traced its origins to the Office of Strategic Services, but its methods of operation were unlike those of any other 'SF' unit. The book describes the unit's origins and the reasons for its existence through recently declassified files and first person histories of those who served there. These voices will show the unit's evolution as the enemy and the environment changed.�The men relate the details of their improbable mission, how they prepared, and how it was to be accomplished. It is told from the soldiers' viewpoint along with the strategic overview from the top.�Special Forces Berlin's wartime mission was classified Top Secret and was largely unchanged throughout its existence, but it had a second important peacetime mission. In the late 1960s, unrest struck the capitals of Europe as left-wing radicals and Palestinian nationalists began to use terrorism to achieve their political goals. In response, the US European Command ordered the unit to prepare for a new mission: Counterterrorism. The level of expertise it achieved, along with its skills in urban unconventional warfare, led to its participation in the attempted rescue of the American hostages in Teheran, Iran.Although the ill-fated Iran Hostage Rescue Raid has been generally covered elsewhere, this book tells an aspect of the story that has never been covered - the Detachment's mission and its men on the ground who led the way for the main force. The history ends with the fall of the Berlin Wall, but the unit left a legacy that served as a guide for the creation of a new kind of Special Mission Unit.�How can I tell the story? I was there. I served in the unit twice and know the men, mission, and environment well. But this is not my story or my history - it is the history of everyone who served in the unit before, with, and after me. It is told with their stories alongside the history from the unit's files and with images to illustrate the activities from the early days until the end.�This is a history that may only be told once. Few records remain and many of the men who served in the units are gone. No official history was written and the words contained in this work may well be the definitive history of this very unique US Army unit. Read more See all Editorial Reviews
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