Special Operations and Strategy: From World War II to the War on Terrorism
Author:   James D. Kiras (School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780415702126


Pages:   234
Publication Date:   08 June 2006
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   James D. Kiras (School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.521kg
ISBN:  

9780415702126


ISBN 10:   0415702127
Pages:   234
Publication Date:   08 June 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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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 Dambusting: Raid or Special Operation? 4. Death By A Thousand Cuts: Special Operations, Attrition, and the Nature of Warfare 5. Case Study: ""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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<p>'With Special Operations and Strategy, James D Kiras offers a rare scholarly analysis of the ways in which SO can and cannot contribute to strategic success. In so doing, Kiras warns policymakers against making costly and tragically common errors under the influence of theoretical concepts which, whatever their value in other types of operations, are inappropriate for this type of warfare.'<br>Dr Thomas M. Kane, University of Hull, UK <p>'...this monograph has great value to policy makers and soldiers, conventional and unconventional.'<br>Lieutenant Colonel (ret) Thomas P. Odom, Small Wars Journal


<p>'With Special Operations and Strategy, James D Kiras offers a rare scholarly analysis of the ways in which SO can and cannot contribute to strategic success. In so doing, Kiras warns policymakers against making costly and tragically common errors under the influence of theoretical concepts which, whatever their value in other types of operations, are inappropriate for this type of warfare.'<br>Dr Thomas M. Kane, University of Hull, UK<p>'...this monograph has great value to policy makers and soldiers, conventional and unconventional.'<br>Lieutenant Colonel (ret) Thomas P. Odom, Small Wars Journal


Author Information

James Kiras is Assistant Professor of Comparative Military Studies at the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, and has over 10 years of experience in the realms of academia, defense policy, and national security. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in History from the University of Massachusetts at Boston and a Master’s degree in History/International Relations from the University of Toronto. Dr. Kiras successfully defended his PhD dissertation at the University of Reading in 2004. He is a recognized author on the subject of special operations, terrorism, and irregular warfare with numerous book chapters and articles to his credit.

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