Inside the Green Berets: The First Thirty Years: A History of the U.S. Army Special Forces

Language: English

Published by Presidio, Novato, CA, 1983

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Presidio, Novato, CA. 1983. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to head. DJ: Very Good +; closed tear at tail and top of front panel. Black paper over boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 231 pp 8vo. This book presents the history of the first thirty years of the Green Berets beginning with the training of the 10th Special Forces at Fort Bragg, and later at Bad Tolz in Bavaria in the early 1950s. and concentrating mostly on the Viet Nam era. The ability of these men to operate as advisors in foreign countries, helping to train other armies, is dependent on their very special knowledge of the people, their customs, language, and the terrain. Guerrilla warfare, insurgency, counterinsurgency, all come within their circle of operations. President John F. Kennedy gave a powerful impetus to the growth of SF, but they really came into prominence during the Vietnam War. Their Civic Action programs ("Winning the hearts and the minds of the people") and "Psy Ops" became well known. They maintained camps in the far-flung Vietnamese provinces among the Katu and the Bru, in Cambodia, with the Montagnards, the Hoa Hao and the Cao Dai religious groups. Colonel Simpson was personally responsible for increasing the strength of the Mobile Strike Forces (MIKE) composed of Vietnamese nationals from 1,000 to 10,000 men. The main function of these Mike Forces was to come to the aid of besieged fighting units, and this they did more quickly and effectively than any regular army unit. Simpson contends, in fact, that a more effective use of MIKE Forces might have made the U.S. combat troops unnecessary. A clean very presentable copy.

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Title
Inside the Green Berets: The First Thirty Years: A History of the U.S. Army Special Forces
Author
Charles M. Simpson III
Publisher
Presidio, Novato, CA
Publication year
1983
Condition
Near Fine
Dust jacket
Very Good +
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
Edition
Book Club Edition
Dimensions
8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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United States Army, Vietnam War/Vietnam

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