TY - BOOK AU - Stejskal,James TI - Special Forces Berlin: clandestine Cold War Operations of the US Army's Elite, 1956-1990 SN - 9781612004440 PY - 2017/// CY - Philadelphia, Oxford PB - Casemate Publishers KW - Special forces (Military science) KW - United States KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Cold War KW - Foreign relations KW - Soviet Union KW - 1945-1989 N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-326) and index; The Origins of Special Forces -- The Formative Years (1956-1971) -- A New Mission and a Midlife Crisis (1972-1976) -- The Pros from Dover (1976-1981) -- Appointment in Tehran -- The Final Days (1981-1984) -- The New Kid on the Block (1984) -- Until the Fall (1984-1990) -- Epilogue: A Casualty of Peace -- Appendix A: In the Sights of the Enemy -- Appendix B: Leadership -- Timeline: Special Forces Berlin, 1956-1990 -- Timeline: Iran Mission, 1979-1981 -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Notes -- Sources N2 - The previously untold history of a highly classified US Army Special Forces Detachment covertly stationed in West Berlin, Germany during the Cold War, poised to act if war ever broke out ER -