Inside Delta Force

Inside Delta Force
AuthorEric L. Haney
LanguageEnglish
GenreMemoir
PublisherDelacorte Press
Publication date
May 14, 2002
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover & paperback)
Pages336 pp (first edition, hardcover)
ISBN978-0-385-33603-1 (first edition, hardcover)
OCLC48649106
356/.167/0973 21
LC ClassUA34.S64 H36 2002

Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit is a 2002 memoir written by Eric L. Haney about his experiences as a founding special forces operator in the 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment–Delta (also known as Delta Force) the U.S. Army's counterterrorist unit. Haney recounts the formation and early operations of the unit, as well as his own recruitment, selection and training. Haney also evaluates the impact of inter-service rivalries and potential overlap created when Delta Force was formed, including the challenges of dealing with the Central Intelligence Agency.[citation needed] Central to the book is Haney's participation in Delta Force's first operation – the aborted 1980 Operation Eagle Claw to Iran to free American hostages.

Inside Delta Force formed the inspiration for the CBS television series The Unit, in which Haney was involved as a writer, producer, and technical advisor.[1]

  1. ^ "The Unit/CBS". erichaney.com. Archived from the original on 2007-10-07. Retrieved 2007-11-27.