Book Question...

[-=TFN=-Karab]

Hey guys, I've got some time to fill in for the summer and I'm gonna go pick up some books... I was wondering:

Which is better? Delta Force: The Army's Elite Counterterrorist Unit by Charlie A. Beckwith and Donald Knox

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Or Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit
by Eric Haney

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Has anybody read any of these? If you've read both then could you tell me pros and cons for each one? I just want a good read while I'm sitting around...

And anybody have any other suggestions on good books that I can read when I don't feel like listening to the teacher? :lol:

Thanks.

[MEGR]

Hello. I thought both of them were good reads, but buy Haney's book, Inside the Delta Force. You won't be dissapointed.

[fantassin]

"Bloodsong" by Jim Hooper about Executive Outcomes

"Brixmis" by Tony Geraghty about the British Liaison mission in East Germany

"Five years to Freedom" by Nick Rowe about a USSF POW and his escape in VN

"The SAS" by Barbara Cole about the Rhodesian SAS; my all times favourite

[MetalBoy]

Charlie Beckwith's Delta Force is what you would expect from the founding officer of Delta Force, ie a lot of beureaucratic infighting over how to create the unit with higher ups. Its a good informational book but lacks the emotional connect that Eric haney's book has since Inside Delta Force is about his personal journey from a grunts eye view of enduring selection and secret missions in **** holes such as Grenada and Beirut. Haney's is much more intense I'd recommend starting with that one and if you are really interested read Beckwith's book.

[-=TFN=-Karab]

Thanks guys... I like the suggestions (I'll be sure to go look for those books at Barnes & Noble fantassin)..

I read some passages from both of those books... And automatically I had the assumption that Beckwith's book was more informational while Haney's was more exciting and entertaining... I was leaning towards Haney's book to learn the easier and beginner's (sort of) insight into Delta Force... And then move on to Beckwith's...

I've heard some guys talk about a Robin Moore book (The Hunt for Bin Laden: Task Force Dagger?)...

Is that a good read?

[MEGR]

I liked it. Some people say its gung ho and everything, but so far they are basing it off of people bitching on Amazon.com. It's a good look at SF in Afghanistan. If you want to make sure about this book, ask Shrek, he's an actual Green Beret that went to Afghanistan. PM him or something, nice guy he is. Anyways, that is a good book, and there are also many Vietnam era SOF books out there. Point Man, Good to Go, Reflections of a warrior, We were soldiers, The siege at Hue, Crosshairs on the killzone. Those are books I highly recommend.

[Flagg]

"Brixmis" by Tony Geraghty about the British Liaison mission in East Germany

Oustanding book

Definitely makes the short list of most important intelligence gathering operations of the 20th century(public domain).

I'm surprised so little is known by the general public regarding their huge contribution to decyphering the Warsaw Pact threat.

http://www.brixmis.co.uk/extimages/p_brx_fleet_drivers_and_mt_ezg_3.jpg

http://www.brixmis.co.uk/English/frames.html

For those that don't know......in a nutshell it's about the semi-legal deployment of a small number of Pommies driving around like Nigel Mansell in East Germany during the Cold War photographing and "borrowing" Warsaw Pact military equipment.

Lots of James Bond car chases, and unfortunately several fatalities.

[Seraphim]

Get the hardcover of Inside Delta Force.

[-=TFN=-Karab]

Get the hardcover of Inside Delta Force.

Lol... Is there a reason as to why I should pay more cash for hardcover?

[KML]

Here is the list of my favorite Spec-Ops and unconventional warfare books and reads.

1. Inside Delta Force
2. Warrior Soul
3. Twilight Warriors
4. Blackhawk Down
5. Blood Song
6. Stingray (Force Recon in Vietnam)
7. Seal!
8. Covert Ops (Codename Mule)
9. Recondo
10. Force Recon Diary
11. See You in November
13. One Perfect Op
14. Dead Center
15. Operatives Spies and Saboteurs (OSS)
16. Rogue Warrior
17. Pamwe Chete
18. White Tigers
19. Paratroopers of the French Foreign Legion
20. War Paint
21. Fortune Favors the Bold: A British LRRP in the Vietnam War
22. Parabat
23. Commandos from the Sea (Russian Seals in WWII)
24. Blood on the Shores (Russian Navy Seals in WWII)
25. Fortune Favors the Bold (The history of Special Forces)
26. Hunting the Jackel
27. The Joker: 20 Years in the SAS
28. Fighting with Popskies Private Army
29. In the Devil's Shadow (UN Special Operations in the Korean War)
30. Raiders of the China Coast
31. Black Water, My life in the SBS
32. Storm on the Horizon
33. Never Fight Fair!
34. Cold Zero
35. Charlie Wilson's War
36. The Black Prince and the Sea Devils
Plus many more! p-)

[ASSASSIN]

Inside Delta force was a more enjoyable read because it was through the eyes of Eric Haney who was an actual member of the unit.

Charlie Beckwiths book was centered around how he had to deal with a lot of the armys beuracratical bull**** of the army to get the unit started, and got quite dull sometimes.

Both were good reads, but i would recomend "Inside Delta Force" over Beckwith's book

[-=TFN=-Karab]

Hehe thanks for the long list KML ;) And thanks for the recommendations guys..

Has anyone read the book Raider by Charles W. Sasser? That's one of my favorite books :D Great, enjoyable reading about Galen Charles Kittleson, he performed the most POW raids in US history.

[taiaha]

Inside Delta force was a more enjoyable read because it was through the eyes of Eric Haney who was an actual member of the unit.

Both were good reads, but i would recomend "Inside Delta Force" over Beckwith's book

The last chapter of Haney's book ( I think, I have to re-read the book again) in which he described the mission to take out the guerrilla leader:is it true?