James D Kiras

Special Operations and Strategy

From World War II to the War on Terrorism

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book argues that the root of effective special operations lies in understanding the relationship between moral and material attrition - this is achieved by examining both strategic theory and real-life case studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juni 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 163mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 513g
• ISBN-13: 9780415702126
• ISBN-10: 0415702127
• Artikelnr.: 22515927

Autorenporträt

James Kiras is Assistant Professor of Comparative Military Studies at the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, and has over 10 years of experience in the realms of academia, defense policy, and national security. He holds a Bachelor's degree in History from the University of Massachusetts at Boston and a Master's degree in History/International Relations from the University of Toronto. Dr. Kiras successfully defended his PhD dissertation at the University of Reading in 2004. He is a recognized author on the subject of special operations, terrorism, and irregular warfare with numerous book chapters and articles to his credit.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Special Operations and Great Raids 2. "Seeing 'Black Lights' Before Sinking Into Oblivion": Theories of Strategic Paralysis 3. "A Dark Picture of Destruction": Special Operations
the Persistence of Ideas
and Dambusting Dambusting: Raid or Special Operation? 4. Death By A Thousand Cuts: Special Operations
Attrition
and the Nature of Warfare 5. Case Study: "Looting a Burning House
" The SAS in the Campaign of Attrition in Normandy
1944 6. Conclusion: Special Operations and the Nature of Strategy