Haney also evaluates the impact of inter-service rivalries and potential overlap created when Delta Force was formed, including the challenges of dealing with the Central Intelligence Agency.

Inside Delta Force formed the inspiration for the CBS television series The Unit, in which Haney was involved as a writer, producer, and technical advisor.

Former operators acknowledge only one "founder," Colonel Charlie Beckwith, who helped establish the unit and was its first commanding officer.

[2] Haney used the term "founding member" to indicate that he was among the first operators assigned to the 1SFOD-D. One operator, Logan Fitch, who first wrote publicly of the Eagle Claw mission for Penthouse Magazine in 1984 and was highly critical of Beckwith,[citation needed] called Haney a "crass opportunist" for capitalizing on his past service for personal gain.

[2] A U.S. Army historian has questioned if this is really the case, as the information in Haney's book was current in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and Delta Force has surely changed its procedures since then.