Special Operations, Irregular Warfare, and Operational Art: A Theory of Special Operations

by U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and United States Army Command and General Staff College

This book proposes theories of SOF and irregular warfare to describe how states can use SOF to achieve strategic objectives. The theory defines special operations forces as those forces organized to combat irregulars and irregular warfare as war fought by institutionally weak combatants, as opposed to conventional warfare between institutionally strong states. A study of the evolution of irregular warfare and its theoretical underpinnings leads to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1522746366
• ISBN13: 9781522746362
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 74 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"