Inside Delta Force

Inside Delta Force

Author	Eric L. Haney
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Memoir
Publisher	Delacorte Press
Publication date	May 14, 2002
Media type	Print (hardcover & paperback)
Pages	336 pp (first edition, hardcover)
ISBN	978-0-385-33603-1 (first edition, hardcover)
OCLC	48649106
Dewey Decimal	356/.167/0973 21
LC Class	UA34.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]