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Mark Moyar’s account of American SOF from World War II to the present (Moyar 2017) is well researched.
David Tucker • United States Special Operations Forces
Moyar, Mark. Oppose Any Foe: The Rise of America’s Special Operations Forces. New York: Basic Books, 2017.
David Tucker • United States Special Operations Forces
The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth
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Although appointed to oversee the deployment of an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan, the choice of McChrystal belies the popular notion of a wholesale shift to a less kinetic campaign intent on building relations with the local population. In his earlier role, McChrystal had led Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) for 5 years; this was t
... See moreAntoine J. Bousquet • The Scientific Way of Warfare
“Leaders must be able to master four major tasks. Firstly, they need comprehensively to grasp the overall strategic situation in a conflict and craft the appropriate strategic approach–in essence, to get the big ideas right. Secondly, they must communicate those big ideas, the strategy, effectively throughout the breadth and depth of their organiza
... See morecommanders. Daniel Green’s In the Warlords’ Shadow (Green 2017)
David Tucker • United States Special Operations Forces
Pete Blaber’s book, The Mission, the Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander, came out the same year as Boykin’s memoir (Blaber 2008).