Special Forces of The United States Army: 1952-1982.

SUTHERLAND, Ian D.W.

Item Number: 142752

San Jose, CA: R. James Bender Publishing, 1990.

First edition of former Green Beret Ian D.W. Sutherland’s history of the Special Forces of The United States Army. Octavo, original publisher’s glossy pictorial boards, illustrated. One of 500 numbered copies of the first edition, this is collector’s volume number 110. Presentation copy, signed by 35 members of the special forces including William Westmoreland, Ola Lee Mize, Aaron Bank, Dennis Lamb, Paul C. Taylor, Donald A. Mullins, Ronald E. Ray, Robert Paiser, Burrell Wilson, and Joe Brock on the title page, copyright page, and several other pages, with three signatures on affixed bookplates. In very good condition.

"If you are at all curious about what the military has labeled 'Special Operations' and if you would like to know more about the special breed of American soldiers who wear the Green Beret, this is your book. Ian D.W. Sutherland has performed an outstanding service i cutting through some of the fog of misunderstanding and even paranoia which surrounds the entire area of irregular warfare and paramilitary operations" (William P. Yarborough, Foreword).