Episode notes
A brief introduction to the Department of Defense activities in special operations. I will not be discussing the dark organizations and specifically address the "vanilla" SOF in all the services.
References:
Douglas Porch Counterinsurgency: Exposing the Myths of the New Way of War
Ann Scott Tyson American Spartan: The Promise, the Mission, and the Betrayal of Special Forces Major Jim Grant
H. John Poole The Last Hundred Yards: The NCO’s Contribution to War ...
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