Ben Gans

Special Operations and National Security (eBook, PDF)

Policies, Strategies, and Tactics

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book focuses on strategic special operations and how these have led to the achievement of major foreign policy goals, which is illustrated by six case studies.This book will be of much interest to students of special operations, military and strategic studies, defence studies and security studies in general.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. November 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040223659
• Artikelnr.: 72336118

Autorenporträt

Ben Gans is a Visiting Professor at the Defense Analysis Department, US Naval Postgraduate School.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
List of Figures
Foreword
Acknowledgments
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
Part I: Introduction
1: Special Operations: Theory and Strategic Utility
2: The Strategic Environment
Part II: Case Studies in Direct Special Operations
3: The Russian Raid on Hostomel Airport
4: Operation Orchard: The Israeli Strike at Al-Kibar
5: Operation Olympic Games: The Cyber Attack at Natanz
Part III: Case Studies in Indirect Special Operations
6: The Russian Annexation of Crimea
7: Iran's Proxy War in Lebanon
8: China's Shaping Operations in the South China Sea
Part IV: Conclusions
9: Fulfilling the Strategic Promise of Special Operations
Index