Force of Choice: Perspectives on Special Operations [Pehme köide]

Preface		vii
PART I THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
Chapter 1 Special Men, Special Missions: The Utility of Special Operations Forces - A Summation
Lieutenant-Colonel Bernd Horn		3	(32)
Chapter 2 Special Operations Forces in Conventional Armies: "Salvation Army" or "Dirty Dozen"?
Lieutenant-Colonel David Last		35	(26)
Chapter 3 Special Operations: The Perfect Grand Strategy?
Captain (Navy) William H. McRaven		61	(18)
Chapter 4 The Evolution of the SOF Soldier: An Anthropological Perspective
Anna Simons		79	(16)
PART II HISTORICAL CASE STUDIES
Chapter 5 The Special Force Experience with the Civilian Irregular Defence Group (CIDG) and the Studies and Observation Group (SOG) in Vietnam
Colonel (retired) Scott Crerar		95	(12)
Chapter 6 The Evolution of Grenzschutzgruppe (GSG) 9 and the Lessons of "Operation Magic Fire" in Mogadishu
General (retired) Ulrich Wegener		107	(12)
Chapter 7 Learning Lessons in Special Operations: The Mogadishu Rescue
Lieutenant-Colonel J. Paul de B. Taillon		119	(22)
Chapter 8 Successes and Failures of Special Forces Operations During the Falklands War
Alan Bell		141	(20)
PART III A LOOK AHEAD
Chapter 9 Special Operations Forces: The Way Ahead
General Peter J. Schoomaker		161	(8)
Chapter 10 Special Operations Forces: Visioning for the Future
Lieutenant-Colonel Scott Moore		169	(30)
Epilogue: The Next Generation of "Special Operations"?
Lieutenant-Colonel David Last		199	(12)
Contributors		211

Lieutenant-Colonel Bernd Horn is an active duty infantry officer, Canadian Forces and adjunct associate professor of history, Royal Military College of Canada (RMC). He is also the author of Hook Up!: The Canadian Airborne Compendium of Activities, Exerci