Frank Kenneth Sobchak

Gebundenes Buch

Training for Victory

U.S. Special Forces Advisory Operations from El Salvador to Afghanistan

Beschreibung

One of the most difficult security challenges of the postâ Cold War era has been stabilizing failing states in an era of irregular warfare. Frank K. Sobchak explores security force assistance across five case studies, examining what factors were most critical for U.S. Special Forces units to build capable partners like the ISOF and the commandos.

Autor

Frank K. Sobchak, PhD, is a retired Special Forces colonel who served in various assignments in war and peace during a twenty-six-year military career. He is Chair of Irregular Warfare Studies at the Modern War Institute, U.S. Military Academy, a Senior Fellow at the Global and National Security Institute, University of South Florida, and a Fellow (contributor) for the MirYam Institute.¿Dr. Sobchak is the coauthor of the acclaimed two-volume The U.S. Army in the Iraq War and has been published in the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy, Newsweek, Time, the Jerusalem Post, Defense One, The Hill, and the Small Wars Journal. His doctorate is from Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. He is married to his West Point classmate, Lt. Col. Iris Sobchak (Ret.), and they live in Holliston, Massachusetts, with their four children.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Naval Institute Press
• New ed
• Seitenzahl: 354
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. November 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 656g
• ISBN-13: 9781682471333
• ISBN-10: 1682471330
• Artikelnr.: 70538998