Special Operations Forces in the 21st Century

Perspectives from the Social Sciences
Herausgeber: Ben-Ari, Eyal; Michael, Kobi; Turnley, Jessica Glicken

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume sets out an agenda for the social scientific study of Special Operations Forces in Western industrial democracies, using case studies from around the world.

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Produktdetails

• Cass Military Studies
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 159mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 506g
• ISBN-13: 9780367886400
• ISBN-10: 0367886405
• Artikelnr.: 58438450

Autorenporträt

Jessica Glicken Turnley is President of Galisteo Consulting Group, Inc., and a Senior Fellow at the Joint Special Operations University (JSOU), US Special Operations Command. Kobi Michael is a senior researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) Tel Aviv University, Israel. Eyal Ben-Ari is Director of the Kinneret Center for Society, Security and Peace, Kinneret College on the Sea of Galilee, Israel.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Special Operations Forces (SOF) and Social Science: An Introductory
Essay, Eyal Ben-Ari, Jessica Glicken Turnley, Kobi Michael PART I: The
Emergence of Special Operations Forces 2. The Evolution of SOF and Rise of
SOF Power, Bernd Horn 3. The Special Operations Forces Mosaic: A Portrait
for Discussion, Emily Spencer 4. Warrior-Diplomats and Ungoverned Spaces:
Narratives of Possibilities, Jessica Glicken Turnley PART II: Civilian
Control and Public Imagery 5. Special Operations Forces (SOF) as the
"Silver Bullet": Strategic Helplessness and Weakened Institutional and
Extra-Institutional Civilian Control, Kobi Michael 6. "Unintended
Acceleration": The Problematique of Civil-Military Relations of Special
Operations Forces in the American Context, James Kiras PART III: Social
Dynamics, Organizational Processes and Challenges 7. The Seaman's Council:
A SOFish Way of Making Decisions, Tone Danielsen 8. Service Cultures and
Collective Military Action: Successful Joint Operations by the Israeli Air
Force and Special Operations Forces, Uzi Ben-Shalom and Yuval Tsur 9. Dutch
Forward Air Controllers in Uruzgan: Aspects of Cooperation, Courage,
Responsibility, Legitimacy and.... People Getting Killed, Wout Jansen and
Sjo Soeters 10. In Search of Intelligence: The Dutch Special Forces in
Mali, Sebastian Rietjens and Jelle Zomer 11. Aiming to Punch above Their
Weight: The Belgian Special Forces, Delphine Resteigne 12. Integrating Men
and Women within Naval Special Warfare Combat Teams, Deborah Gibbons, Alan
Nelson and Jim Suchan PART IV: Innovation, Entrepreneurship and the
Military Institution 13. The Self and the Mirror: Institutional Tensions
and Canadian Special Operations Forces, Eric Oullet Chapter Fourteen: Zeev
Drory, E