My friend Jim's book is now shipping... and they just ordered a second printing just a couple of weeks after it went on sale. Apparently it's going great on Amazon!
A couple of weeks ago, he did a national radio show about the Detachment and some of their activities.
And this just appeared in the Daily Mail, which is a great plug!
You can order on Amazon and for any of you guys who want to get copies signed... PM me when you get your book. Jim and I will be hanging out in early April, and he can sign copies if you guys want to get them to me. I had a list on the old 'Hide, but I have no idea where I put it.
There is also a thread on the old 'Hide with a magazine article and a ton of photos that Tucker helped me convert to a postable format. I'll see if I can find the link.
Couple of plugs from me after finishing reading the final version a couple of days ago.... this is all new stuff about a unit that few people ever knew existed. Before there was a Delta... Det A Berlin was doing much of the same stuff. In fact, they had the CT mission for Europe while Delta was still forming. They were involved in Eagle Claw (Iran Hostage rescue attempt) as part of a second mission to rescue Americans at the Chancery building. And that history is revealed for the first time here... as it was Det A guys who accompanied Dick Meadows on the ground side of the mission into Tehran to scope the place out, buy trucks and cars, secure warehouses, take pictures and then... go back and meet the rescue teams that did not get past Desert One. Last, if you have ever heard the 'rumors' of the SADM's (Special Atomic Demolition Munitions -- Backpack Nukes) and wanted to know how all that came about... it's in here. De-classified properly and for the first time. Neat, neat reading!
If you liked Haney's book Inside Delta Force, you will really enjoy this. Though it's not 'first person' at all. Jim, in fact, never mentions himself in the book. It's all about a unit history dating back to the 1950's. And on that point, I learned more about early post-war Berlin from this book than I have from everything I've ever read. It's not a topic I have sought out... There is a big gap in my reading between Korean War and intensifying conflict in VN. And this book does an amazing job of talking about the 'other' SF missions that were going on outside of the MACV and Southeast Asia. Unconventional Warfare, Counter-Terror, incursions into East Germany, recon against Soviet and DDR military units and equipment...
Ok... ending my shameless plug with a "Buy the book!" you won't be disappointed. And you'll help out a great friend!
Cheers,
Sirhr
A couple of weeks ago, he did a national radio show about the Detachment and some of their activities.
And this just appeared in the Daily Mail, which is a great plug!
You can order on Amazon and for any of you guys who want to get copies signed... PM me when you get your book. Jim and I will be hanging out in early April, and he can sign copies if you guys want to get them to me. I had a list on the old 'Hide, but I have no idea where I put it.
There is also a thread on the old 'Hide with a magazine article and a ton of photos that Tucker helped me convert to a postable format. I'll see if I can find the link.
Couple of plugs from me after finishing reading the final version a couple of days ago.... this is all new stuff about a unit that few people ever knew existed. Before there was a Delta... Det A Berlin was doing much of the same stuff. In fact, they had the CT mission for Europe while Delta was still forming. They were involved in Eagle Claw (Iran Hostage rescue attempt) as part of a second mission to rescue Americans at the Chancery building. And that history is revealed for the first time here... as it was Det A guys who accompanied Dick Meadows on the ground side of the mission into Tehran to scope the place out, buy trucks and cars, secure warehouses, take pictures and then... go back and meet the rescue teams that did not get past Desert One. Last, if you have ever heard the 'rumors' of the SADM's (Special Atomic Demolition Munitions -- Backpack Nukes) and wanted to know how all that came about... it's in here. De-classified properly and for the first time. Neat, neat reading!
If you liked Haney's book Inside Delta Force, you will really enjoy this. Though it's not 'first person' at all. Jim, in fact, never mentions himself in the book. It's all about a unit history dating back to the 1950's. And on that point, I learned more about early post-war Berlin from this book than I have from everything I've ever read. It's not a topic I have sought out... There is a big gap in my reading between Korean War and intensifying conflict in VN. And this book does an amazing job of talking about the 'other' SF missions that were going on outside of the MACV and Southeast Asia. Unconventional Warfare, Counter-Terror, incursions into East Germany, recon against Soviet and DDR military units and equipment...
Ok... ending my shameless plug with a "Buy the book!" you won't be disappointed. And you'll help out a great friend!
Cheers,
Sirhr
