Prima Donnas in Kevlar zones. Challenges to the Unconventional Warfare efforts of the U.S. Special Forces during Operation Enduring Freedom.
In: Small Wars & Insurgencies, Jg. 35 (2024-06-01), Heft 4, S. 573-595
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When Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) commenced in October 2001, the U.S. Special Forces (SF) were the first U.S. military unit on the ground in Afghanistan, utilising their Unconventional Warfare (UW) capabilities. Despite their significant role at the initial stage of the military campaign, SF began to encounter numerous challenges from as early as 2002 and throughout OEF. Based on an analysis of forty-five master's theses authored by SF officers, this paper discusses the structural-organisational and cultural-conceptual challenges. These obstacles led to the marginalisation of SF's UW efforts. Scholarship on special operations forces (SOF) often regards the period of the so-called global war on terrorism (GWOT) as U.S. SOF's golden age focusing predominantly on the activities of SOF units linked to the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command rather than on SF. By examining the challenges faced by SF, this article aims to contribute to a more nuanced discussion of SOF efforts during GWOT. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Prima Donnas in Kevlar zones. Challenges to the Unconventional Warfare efforts of the U.S. Special Forces during Operation Enduring Freedom.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Gielas, Anna M. |
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Zeitschrift: | Small Wars & Insurgencies, Jg. 35 (2024-06-01), Heft 4, S. 573-595 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2024 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0959-2318 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1080/09592318.2024.2326600 |
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