Masters of Chaos

The Secret History of the Special Forces

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By Linda Robinson

Formats and Prices

On Sale
Mar 5, 2009
Page Count
424 pages
Publisher
PublicAffairs
ISBN-13
9780786738151

Price

$11.99

Price

$15.99 CAD

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  1. ebook $11.99 $15.99 CAD
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An “intimate, valuable history” (New York Times) of the United States Special Forces from the perspective of the fighters who served in its ranks

Army special force soldiers have been at the forefront of America's war in Afghanistan and the counterterrorist campaigns of recent years. But little is known about the grave, seasoned individuals from America's heartland who belong to this secretive unit. Veteran war reporter Linda Robinson gained access to their closed community starting in 2001, travelled with them on the front lines, and interviewed them at their home bases. In Masters of Chaos, she graphically recounts the experiences of this post-Vietnam generation of commandos in Panama, El Salvador, Desert Storm, Somalia, the Balkans, Afghanistan, and Iraq, including details of dramatic, previously untold missions. 

Linda Robinson

About the Author

Linda Robinson is senior fellow for women and foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, where she is writing a book about women leaders and the fight for democracy. She is author of Tell Me How This Ends, an account of theIraq War that was a Foreign Affairs bestseller and a New York Times Notable Book, and One Hundred Victories, an inside account of village-level stability operations and counterinsurgency in Afghanistan. Robinson received the Gerald R. Ford Prize for Reporting on National Defense in 2005.

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