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The US special forces : what everyone needs to know / John Prados. [electronic resource]
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Prados, John, author.
- Series:
- What everyone needs to know.
- What everyone needs to know
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Special forces (Military science)--United States--History.
- Special forces (Military science).
- United States. Army. Special Forces--History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 206 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- John Prados brings his deep expertise in this field to provide a pithy primer on the various components of America's special forces. The US military has long employed such forces, but it was during the Cold War that they assumed their present form, and in Vietnam where they achieved critical mass. Despite some fluctuations in their numbers, after 9/11 they experienced explosive growth, and are now integral to all US military missions. Prados traces how this happened and examines the various roles the special forces now play.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2015.
- Description based on publisher information.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-756991-9
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