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Special Operations Research Topics 2026
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Mission or Meaning? Rethinking the Identity Crisis in U.S. Army Special Forces
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Siamak T. Naficy, PhD, and W5 Maurice "Duc" DuClos
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Foreseeing Inroads to Instability: JNIM’s Expansion in West Africa
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Special Operations Research Topics 2020 (Revised Edition for Academic Year 2021)
Special Operations Theory
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Peter Mccabe,
Colin Gray, Paul Lieber, Bernd Horn, Harry Karger, Tom Searle, Emily Spencer, James Kiras, Francisco Wong-Diaz, Travis Homiak, Kurt Müller, Charles Cleveland, David Barrato, Robert Spulak Jr.
Outside the Box: A New General Theory of Special Operations
Authored by:
Tom Searle
A Unified Theory for Special Operations
Authored by:
Richard Rubright
21st Century SOF: Toward an American Theory of Special Operations
Authored by:
Harry Yarger
"We Will Find a Way": Understanding the Legacy of Canadian Special Operations Forces
Authored by:
Bernd Horn
Report of Proceedings- JSOU SOF-Power Workshop: A Way Forward for Special Operations Theory and Strategic Art
A Theory of Special Operations: The Origins, Qualities, and Use of SOF
Authored by:
Robert Spulak
The Changing Nature of Warfare, the Factors Mediating Future Conflict, and Implications for SOF
Authored by:
John Alexander
Coast Guard SOF
Authored by:
Gary Bowen
Theoretical Perspectives of Terrorist Enemies as Networks
Authored by:
Robert Spulak, Jessica Turnley
The Evolving Requirements of the Canadian Special Operations Forces: Future Concept Paper
Authored by:
Paul Taillon
In Denied Areas: Lessons from the British Special Operations Executive and Jedburghs
Authored by:
Major Mark Thomas, Benjamin Jensen, PhD
Tip of the Spear, Edge of the Mind: Neurotechnology’s Roles in the Future of Special Operations
Authored by:
Anna M. Gielas, PhD
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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