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1 online resource (1 audio file (6hr., 54 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
Cast |
Read by L. J. Ganser. |
Summary |
An analysis of US Special Operations Command, at the center of America's twenty-first-century wars This original and accessible book is a comprehensive, authoritative analysis of US Special Operations. US Special Operations Command trains and equips units to undertake select military activities, frequently high-risk missions, often for the purposes of counterterrorism and counterinsurgency. Since 9/11, impelled by an attack on US soil, these forces have been a central instrument of America's military campaign-operating in about one hundred countries on any given day. This fight-neither hot war nor cold peace-was launched and executed as a new type of global war in 2001 and has since splintered into a spectrum of regional conflicts. The result are our nation's grey wars: hazy and lethal. This contemporary history, incorporating extensive interviews and archival research by security studies expert N. W. Collins, delves deeply into the transformation of these forces since 9/11. |
System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
Subject |
U.S. Special Operations Command -- History.
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Limited war -- Strategic aspects.
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United States. Army. Special Forces -- History.
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Special forces (Military science) -- United States -- History.
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Low-intensity conflicts (Military science) -- History.
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Added Author |
Ganser, L. J..
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hoopla digital.
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Added Title |
Grey wars : a contemporary history of United States special operations |
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Contemporary history of U.S. special operations |
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Contemporary history of United States special operations |
ISBN |
9781666126518 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1666126519 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
Music No. |
MWT14058999 |
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