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Mission or Meaning? Rethinking the Identity Crisis in U.S. Army Special Forces
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Foreseeing Inroads to Instability: JNIM’s Expansion in West Africa
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The Fourth Age of SOF: The Use and Utility of Special Operations Forces in a New Age
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Will Irwin,
Isaiah Wilson
Mazar-e Sharif: The First Victory of the 21st Century Against Terrorism
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William Knarr,
Mark Nutsch, Robert Pennington
JSOU Report of Proceedings: The OSS Model and the Future SOF Warrior
Coast Guard SOF
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Gary Bowen
The New Way of Limited Warfare: The Value of the Afghan Model of Warfare After the Fight Against ISIS
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Captain Tijs Althuizen, MA, and Professor Martijn Kitzen, PhD
Special Operations Forces Reference Manual, Fifth Edition
There is an Identity Crisis in Special Forces: Who are the Green Berets Supposed to Be?
Authored by:
Col. Edward C. Croot
In Denied Areas: Lessons from the British Special Operations Executive and Jedburghs
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Major Mark Thomas, Benjamin Jensen, PhD
Special Forces Does Not Have an Identity Crisis, SOF Has a Special Forces Identity Problem: A Response to Colonel Croot
Authored by:
David Shell
Mission or Meaning? Rethinking the Identity Crisis in U.S. Army Special Forces
Authored by:
Siamak T. Naficy, PhD, and W5 Maurice "Duc" DuClos
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