Masters of Chaos: The Secret History of the Special Forces.(book by Linda Robinson)(Book Review)

Masters of Chaos: The Secret History of the Special Forces. By Linda Robinson. New York: Public Affairs, 2004. Photographs. Maps. Index. Pp xxii, 388. $26.95 ISBN: 158648-249-1

This excellent volume is written by a well qualified journalist, a senior writer for US. News and World Report. The title is poor; there's nothing secret about the U.S. Army's Special Forces: long under-publicized, perhaps, but not secret. If you wonder why an air power journal bothers to review a ground force operation, hang on. The author wisely begins with an account of the Green Beret's orga