Special Operations And Strategy

Author : James D. Kiras
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2006-07-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135989880

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James D. Kiras shows how a number of different special operations, in conjunction with more conventional military actions, achieve and sustain strategic effect(s) over time. In particular, he argues that the root of effective special operations lies in understanding the relationship existing between moral and material attrition at the strategic level. He also presents a theoretical framework for understanding how special operations achieve strategic effects using a unique synthesis of strategic theory and case studies. This study shows how the key to understanding how special operations reside in the concept of strategic attrition and in the moral and material nature of strategy. It also highlights major figures such as Carl von Clausewitz, Hans Delbrück, and Mao Zedong, who understood these complexities and were experts in eroding an enemy’s will to fight. These and other examples provide a superb explanation of the complexities of modern strategy and the place of special operations in a war of attrition. This book will be of great interest to all students and scholars with an interest in special forces and of strategic and military studies in general.

Author : James D. Kiras
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2006-07-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135989897

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Special Operations and Strategy by James D. Kiras Pdf

This book argues that the root of effective special operations lies in understanding the relationship between moral and material attrition - this is achieved by examining both strategic theory and real-life case studies.

Author : Frank R. Barnett,B. Hugh Tovar,Richard H. Shultz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X001279273

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Special Operations in US Strategy by Frank R. Barnett,B. Hugh Tovar,Richard H. Shultz Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781428982093

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Special operations in US strategy by Anonim Pdf

Author : Christopher J. Lamb,David Tucker
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780231545228

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United States Special Operations Forces by Christopher J. Lamb,David Tucker Pdf

In this book, two national-security experts put the exploits of America’s special operation forces in historical and strategic context. David Tucker and Christopher J. Lamb offer an incisive overview of America’s turbulent experience with special operations. Starting with in-depth interviews with special operators, the authors illustrate the diversity of modern special operations forces and the strategic value of their unique attributes. Despite longstanding and growing public fascination with special operators, these forces and their contribution to national security are poorly understood. With this book, Tucker and Lamb dispel common misconceptions and offer a penetrating analysis of how these unique and valuable forces can be employed to even better effect in the future. The book builds toward a comprehensive assessment of the strategic utility of special operations forces, which it then considers in light of the demands of future warfare. This second edition of United States Special Operations Forces, revised throughout to account for lessons learned in the twelve years since its first publication, includes two new case studies, one on High Value Target Teams and another on Village Stability Operations, and two new appendixes charting the evolution of special operation missions and the best literature on all aspects of U.S. special operation forces.

Author : William H. McRaven
Publisher : Presidio Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1996-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780891416005

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Spec Ops by William H. McRaven Pdf

Vice Adm. William H. McRaven helped to devise the strategy for how to bring down Osama bin Laden, and commanded the courageous U.S. military unit that carried it out on May 1, 2011, ending one of the greatest manhunts in history. In Spec Ops, a well-organized and deeply researched study, McRaven analyzes eight classic special operations. Six are from WWII: the German commando raid on the Belgian fort Eben Emael (1940); the Italian torpedo attack on the Alexandria harbor (1941); the British commando raid on Nazaire, France (1942); the German glider rescue of Benito Mussolini (1943); the British midget-submarine attack on the Tirpitz (1943); and the U.S. Ranger rescue mission at the Cabanatuan POW camp in the Philippines (1945). The two post-WWII examples are the U.S. Army raid on the Son Tay POW camp in North Vietnam (1970) and the Israeli rescue of the skyjacked hostages in Entebbe, Uganda (1976). McRaven—who commands a U.S. Navy SEAL team—pinpoints six essential principles of “spec ops” success: simplicity, security, repetition, surprise, speed and purpose. For each of the case studies, he provides political and military context, a meticulous reconstruction of the mission itself and an analysis of the operation in relation to his six principles. McRaven deems the Son Tay raid “the best modern example of a successful spec op [which] should be considered textbook material for future missions.” His own book is an instructive textbook that will be closely studied by students of the military arts. Maps, photos.

Author : Edward Wolcoff
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526779106

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Special Reconnaissance and Advanced Small Unit Patrolling by Edward Wolcoff Pdf

This comprehensive guide by a Special Ops combat veteran is the ultimate reference for military tactics, techniques, and procedures. Intended for military SpecialOps personnel, this volume presents invaluable operational guidance with lessons learned from the legendary Military Assistance Command Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG). Drawing on Special Reconnaissance operations conducted during the Vietnam Era, author Edward Wolcoff provides practical information alongside operational accounts and analyses of specific missions. Wolcoff covers the gamut of specialized SR topics ranging from operational planning and preparation, through execution, logistics and command and control – all in substantial tradecraft detail. Few of the tactics, techniques, and procedures or lessons-learned included in this book have been previously presented in a usable form for SpecOps personnel. This book is intended instruct the Special Operations units of today, and preserve this valuable tradecraft for future generations.

Author : Gunilla Eriksson,Ulrica Pettersson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319439617

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Special Operations from a Small State Perspective by Gunilla Eriksson,Ulrica Pettersson Pdf

“Over the past dozen years special operations forces (SOF) have been one of the few areas of growth and expansion in a number of militaries. This growth and expansion, however, has not been mirrored by a comparable one in academic inquiries into the subject. Special Operations from a Small State Perspective - Future Security Challenges, which contains a wide range of perspectives from both practitioners and academics, makes a unique contribution to the literature and offers fascinating insights into the opportunities provided by and challenges confronting small states such as Swedenin their evolutionary development and use of SOF.” Dr James Kiras, Associate Professor, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, The Air University, Alabama, USA.

Author : Alastair Finlan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2009-10-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134180424

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Special Forces, Strategy and the War on Terror by Alastair Finlan Pdf

This volume undertakes a systematic analysis of the relationship between Special Forces and contemporary strategy, explaining the resurgence of interest in Special Forces, particularly in the West, by exploring their appeal over traditional conventional force options in the current ‘War on Terror’. Special Forces, Terrorism and Strategy comprises four overarching themes: theory and practice command and control culture and technology operations and the ‘War on Terror’. By developing a credible theory about the role of Special Forces in contemporary strategy, Alastair Finlan assesses the changing character of the relationship between conventional forces and Special Forces, illustrating the prominent role of these forces in the ‘War on Terror’. This book will be of great interest to students of strategic studies and military history, as well as for professional military colleges.

Author : Mike Ryan,Chris Mann,Alexander Stilwell
Publisher : Amber Books Ltd
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781907446894

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Encyclopedia of the World's Special Forces by Mike Ryan,Chris Mann,Alexander Stilwell Pdf

The Encyclopedia of the World’s Special Forces is the most comprehensive guide available to the world’s elite forces. Units are arranged by the type of mission that they specialize in; Sea, Land, Air and Counter-Revolutionary Warfare. Each entry includes detailed information about the unit, its history, tactics, weapons and equipment used.

Author : Sándor Fabian
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 150849052X

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Irregular Warfare the Future Military Strategy for Small States by Sándor Fabian Pdf

A thought provoking essay on the possible implications of irregular warfare in national military strategy.

Author : Lt.-Col Stephen J. Day
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782895114

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9/11 And Canadian Special Operations Forces: How ‘40 Selected Men’ Indelibly Influenced The Future Of The Force by Lt.-Col Stephen J. Day Pdf

In less than two decades, Canadian Special Operations Forces (CANSOF) grew from a 100-man hostage-rescue unit to a 2,500-person Command capable of prosecuting missions across the special operations spectrum. The seminal event causing this transformation is examined within this monograph. The common narrative explaining the rise of Canadian Special Operations Forces Command (CANSOFCOM) states that 9/11 is the seminal event. Herein, a new narrative is proposed. One that posits the 2001-02 deployment of a 40-man CANSOF Task Force to Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) is the seminal event. This Task Force’s disproportionately positive impact on the Canadian national scene caused key national actors to take note of the strategic utility of special operations forces. Twenty-four interviews with defence and security subject matter experts from the political, federal public service, military and academic domains, as well as two leading Canadian national journalists provide unique insights into CANSOF’s ascendancy. Analyzing published defence policy since World War II and Canada’s 20-year experience with her national counter-terrorism task force prove two key points. First, defence policy is extant, consistently expressing the requirement for an irregular capability for the conduct of operations in asymmetrical environments. Therefore, 9/11 did not change Government of Canada (GoC) expectations per se. Second, the one-year CANSOF OEF commitment produces a highly positive national strategic effect for the GoC. As a result, in less than a decade CANSOF transitions from a single, domestically focused, national counter-terrorism task force to where today CANSOFCOM is employed as a distinct element of national military power. This transformation from a single strategic resource to a strategically relevant, ‘hard power’ option currently provides the GoC with greater strategic choice when she looks to deploy military forces alongside her allies.

Author : Andrew L. Hargreaves
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806151250

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Special Operations in World War II by Andrew L. Hargreaves Pdf

British and American commanders first used modern special forces in support of conventional military operations during World War II. Since then, although special ops have featured prominently in popular culture and media coverage of wars, the academic study of irregular warfare has remained as elusive as the practitioners of special operations themselves. This book is the first comprehensive study of the development, application, and value of Anglo-American commando and special forces units during the Second World War. Special forces are intensively trained, specially selected military units performing unconventional and often high-risk missions. In this book, Andrew L. Hargreaves not only describes tactics and operations but also outlines the distinctions between commandos and special forces, traces their evolution during the war, explains how the Anglo-American alliance functioned in the creation and use of these units, looks at their command and control arrangements, evaluates their impact, and assesses their cost-effectiveness. The first real impetus for the creation of British specialist formations came in the desperate summer of 1940 when, having been pushed out of Europe following defeat in France and the Low Countries, Britain began to turn to irregular forces in an effort to wrest back the strategic initiative from the enemy. The development of special forces by the United States was also a direct consequence of defeat. After Pearl Harbor, Hargreaves shows, the Americans found themselves in much the same position as Britain had been in 1940: shocked, outnumbered, and conventionally defeated, they were unable to come to grips with the enemy on a large scale. By the end of the war, a variety of these units had overcome a multitude of evolutionary hurdles and made valuable contributions to practically every theater of operation. In describing how Britain and the United States worked independently and cooperatively to invent and put into practice a fundamentally new way of waging war, this book demonstrates the two nations’ flexibility, adaptability, and ability to innovate during World War II.

Author : Adam Kok Wey Leong
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : 967241434X

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Eastern and Western Perspectives by Adam Kok Wey Leong Pdf

Author : Ryan Burke,Michael Fowler,Jahara Matisek
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Air power
ISBN : 9781647122508

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Military Strategy, Joint Operations, and Airpower by Ryan Burke,Michael Fowler,Jahara Matisek Pdf

This second edition of Military Strategy, Joint Operations, and Airpower introduces contemporary strategy at the operational level of war. Developed as foundational reading for all US Air Force Academy cadets, this textbook is designed to close the gap between military theory and practice.