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9780203969649

Special Operations and Strategy: From World War II to the War on Terrorism

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  • ISBN13:

    9780203969649

  • ISBN10:

    0203969642

  • Copyright: 2006-07-29
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Special Operations and Great Raids
"Seeing 'Black Lights' Before Sinking Into Oblivion": Theories of Strategic Paralysis
"A Dark Picture of Destruction": Special Operations, the Persistence of Ideas, and Dambusting Dambusting: Raid or Special Operation?
Death By A Thousand Cuts: Special Operations, Attrition, and the Nature of Warfare
Case Study: "Looting a Burning House," The SAS in the Campaign of Attrition in Normandy, 1944
Conclusion: Special Operations and the Nature of Strategy
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