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SOF Theory
Special Operations Research Topics 2020 (Revised Edition for Academic Year 2021)
Special Operations Theory
Authored by:
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
Who Are the Green Berets Supposed to Be? Revisiting the Special Forces Identity Crisis
Authored by:
Greg E. Metzgar
Leveraging Contingent Capital as a Non-Traditional Discipline of Economic Warfare
Authored by:
Matthew Flug and Thomas Johansmeyer
The Special Forces Identity Crisis and Rethinking All of Special Operations
Authored by:
Retired Lt. Col. Greg Banner
Who We Are, What We Do: Framing the Special Forces Identity Debate
Authored by:
Lt. Col. Gordon Richmond
Special Forces at the Crossroads: Reform Without Self-Destruction
Authored by:
David S. Maxwell
Taking Off the Blinders Regarding Special Forces Strategic Utility
Authored by:
Hy Rothstein
Reforge the Beret: Special Forces and Education Cognitive Warfare Demands
Authored by:
William F. Lyons Jr.
The Wrong Question: Why the Special Forces Debate Never Ends
Authored by:
Maurice "Duc" DuClos
Special Forces Identity Crisis; Deja vu all Over Again
Authored by:
Mark Grdovic
The Warrior vs. The Algorithm: How Technological Adoption May Fracture the SOF Culture
Authored by:
Dr. Paul D. Brister
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