Masters of Chaos: The Secret History of the Special Forces

Thu, Dec 1
check-in: 5:30 PM, program: 6:00 PM
Members: FREE; Students w/ ID: $5; Non-members: $15; Co-sponsors: $7

Who: Linda Robinson, senior writer for U.S. News & World Report;
Nieman fellow at Harvard University in 2000-2001; recipient of the
1999 Maria Moors Cabot prize form Columbia University's Graduate
School of Journalism
Event:
In Masters of Chaos, veteran journalist Linda Robinson provides an
exclusive look at America's most secretive warriors, the U.S. Army
Special Forces. Over a three-year period, Ms. Robinson traveled with
the Special Forces on the frontlines, interviewed them at length on
their home bases, and studied their doctrine, methods and history.
The new generation of Special Forces soldiers are experts in
insurgencies and terror threats. With privileged accessed to the
closed world of the the Army's elite unit, Ms. Robinson illustrates
the operating techniques of the Green Berets, and discusses why they
are uniquely suited to confront the threats of the 21st Century.

Venue:

World Affairs Council
312 Sutter St., 2nd Floor Conference Room
San Francisco
415-293-4600

Additional Info:


www.itsyourworld.org