Grey wars : a contemporary history of U.S. special operations / N. W. Collins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Collins, N. W., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

U.S. Special Operations Command--History.

U.S. Special Operations Command.

Limited war--Strategic aspects.

Limited war.

United States.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.) : 20 b-w illus.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

An analysis of U.S. Special Operations Command, at the center of America’s twenty-first-century wars This original and accessible book is a comprehensive, authoritative analysis of U.S. Special Operations. U.S. Special Operations Command trains and equips units to undertake select military activities, frequently high-risk missions, often for the purposes of counterterrorism and counterinsurgency. Since 9/11, impelled by an attack on U.S. soil, these forces have been a central instrument of America’s military campaign—operating in about one hundred countries on any given day. This fight—neither hot war nor cold peace—was launched and executed as a new type of global war in 2001 and has since splintered into a spectrum of regional conflicts. The result are our nation’s grey wars: hazy and lethal. This contemporary history, incorporating extensive interviews and archival research by security studies expert N. W. Collins, delves deeply into the transformation of these forces since 9/11.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

1 First Day at Headquarters

2 Commander’s Introduction

3 The Tour

4 More Boots Yet to Come

5 America’s Superheroes

6 Fourteen Minutes of Fame

7 Fallen Angel

8 Use of the Golden Spear

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-300-25834-8

OCLC:

1255527666