Special Operations and the Nature of Strategy From World War II to the War on Terrorism 1st Edition by James Kiras ISBN 9780415702126, 0415702127
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ISBN 10: 0415702127
ISBN 13: 9780415702126
Author: James D. Kiras
James D. Kiras’ Special Operations and the Nature of Strategy: From World War II to the War on Terrorism offers a scholarly analysis of the strategic role of special operations forces (SOF) throughout modern conflicts. Kiras challenges the notion that SOF can achieve decisive strategic outcomes through isolated, high-profile missions. Instead, he emphasizes their effectiveness when integrated into broader campaigns of attrition, highlighting the interplay between moral and material factors in eroding an adversary’s will to fight. Drawing on historical case studies, including the Dambusters raid and the SAS operations in Normandy, Kiras demonstrates how SOF contribute to sustained strategic effects over time. This work provides a nuanced perspective on the complexities of modern strategy and the place of special operations within it.
Table of contents:
1 Special operations and great raids
2 “Seeing black lights’ before sinking into oblivion”: theories of strategic paralysis
3 “A dark picture of destruction”: special operations, the persistence of ideas, and dambusting
4 Death by a thousand cuts: special operations, attrition, and the nature of warfare
5 “Looting a burning house”: the SAS in the campaign of attrition in Normandy, 1944
6 Conclusion: special operations and the nature of strategy
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