Top-ranking military officers and historians consider the future role of Special Forces.
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Top-ranking military officers and historians consider the future role of Special Forces.
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| PART I THE FUTURE SECURITY ENVIRONMENT |
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Chapter 1 Future Security Environments: Implications for Canadian Special Operations |
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Michael A. Hennessy, Bernd Horn, and David Last |
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Chapter 2 Loose Cannons in Cyberspace: Society and Psychological Change |
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Chapter 3 Guarding the Canada-United States Border: The Need to Challenge Tradition |
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Chapter 4 The Ethnic Demography Advantage: Canada's Force Multiplier |
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Chapter 5 Canada and International Private Security Companies: Issues and Challenges for Special Operations Capabilities |
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| PART II THE CANADIAN POLICY ENVIRONMENT |
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Chapter 6 International Law and Special Operations |
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Chapter 7 Political Leadership for Special Operations |
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Chapter 8 Elite Opinion about Special Operations |
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David Last and Hugh Thorburn |
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Chapter 9 National Security Decision-Making |
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David Last and Glen Milne |
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| PART III CONTEMPORARY SPECIAL OPERATIONS |
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Chapter 10 Special Operations Forces in Kosovo and Afghanistan |
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Chapter 11 Information Operations in Support of Special Operations |
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Sylvain P. Leblanc and G. Scott Knight |
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Chapter 12 Special Operations and Post-Conflict Stability: Civil Affairs and Direct Action |
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David Last and Michelle Malenfant |
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Chapter 13 Orbital Asset or Overhead Menace? Space Power and Special Operations |
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Chapter 14 Special Operations Forces and Technology: Tradition, Innovation, and Implications for Canada |
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| PART IV DOCTRINES FOR SPECIAL OPERATIONS |
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Chapter 15 Selection and Preparation of Team Members for Special Operations |
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Tom Dececchi and Bernadette Dececchi |
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Chapter 16 NATO Doctrine and Canadian Special Operations |
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Chapter 17 US Special Operations Forces, Transformation, and Implications for Canadian Doctrine |
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Chapter 18 Choice of Force: Special Operations for Canada? |
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David Last, Tim Lannan, and Jamie Green |
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| Glossary |
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| Contributors |
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Lieutenant-Colonel David Last is an artillery officer, Canadian Forces, acting chair, Military Strategic Studies, and associate professor of political science, Royal Military College.
Lieutenant-Colonel Bernd Horn is an active duty infantry officer, Cana
