Accession Number:

AD1085054

Title:

Toward Operational Art in Special Warfare

Descriptive Note:

[Technical Report, Final Report]

Corporate Author:

RAND Corporation

Personal Author(s):

• Madden, Dan
• Hoffmann, Dick
• Johnson, Michael
• Krawchuk, Fred T.
• Nardulli, Bruce R.
• Peters, John E.
• Robinson, Linda
• Doll, Abby

Report Date:

2016-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

187

Abstract:

This report demonstrates the need for a strategic and operational approach to securing U.S. interests called special warfare. The United States requires new approaches for exerting influence, filling the missing middle between the limitations of distant-strike options presented by armed unmanned aerial systems and Tomahawk missiles and the costly, indefinite commitment of conventional forces.

Descriptors:

Subject Categories:

• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics

Distribution Statement:

[A, Approved For Public Release]