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Special Operations Success establishes a new benchmark in military theory in this deeply analytic and innovative work. It answers several pressing questions: How successful have American special operations been over the past quarter-century? Are special forces fated to cycles of expansion and misuse? Will special forces invariably exceed the authorities granted to them because of they are? Is a general theory of special operations feasible given the range of activities and conditions that fall under the category?
Kiras' work is based on two decades of practical, teaching, and consulting experience within different special operations communities, and its analysis and conclusions are designed to inform practitioners, policymakers, educators, and the general public. The book develops a framework, in the form of a theory comprising capabilities and control, for the comprehensively evaluating special operations success, and is divided into three parts: Part I lays the foundation for a general theory of special operations, Part II explores the two component parts of theory, capabilities and control, and Part III uses various aspects of the theory, depending on available information, to assess the success of special operations over a twenty-year period in the United Kingdom, South Africa, and the United States.
Contents
List of Figures
List of Table
List of Maps
List of Abbreviations
Part I
1: Introduction
2: Special Operations Precedents
Part II
3: Special Operations Capabilities
4: Control of Special Operations and Vertical Integration
5: The Theory of Special Operations Coherence
Part III
6: Stretched beyond Footholds: The United Kingdom, 1971-1991
7: System within a System: South African Special Forces, 1972-1992
8: Redefining the System: US Special Operations, 1996-2016
9: Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
