Effective SOF employment: mitigating causes of conflict

dc.contributor.advisorTucker, David
dc.contributor.authorCho, Young M.(Dave)
dc.contributor.authorClark, Brady R.
dc.contributor.authorLee, Mark M.
dc.contributor.departmentDefense Analysis (DA)
dc.contributor.secondreaderLee, Doowan
dc.dateJun-13
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-01T16:51:30Z
dc.date.available2013-08-01T16:51:30Z
dc.date.issued2013-06
dc.description.abstractFollowing two long wars conducted in Iraq and Afghanistan, the American appetite for large-scale and prolonged stability operations may be diminishing. Consequently, employment of United States Special Operations Forces (SOF) may prove an increasingly attractive alternative for the Department of Defense (DOD) in unstable regions because of its unique capability to operate indirectly and with a minimal footprint, particularly in responding to cases of State failure, which is closely tied to outbreaks of conflict between governments and armed insurgents. Hence, the appropriate employment of SOF will be of critical importance to the achievement of U.S.-led efforts goals-one of which is building partner nation capacity to mitigate causes of conflict or to prevent conflicts from escalating to cause complete state failure.en_US
dc.description.distributionstatementApproved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
dc.description.serviceMajor, United States Armyen_US
dc.description.urihttp://archive.org/details/effectivesofempl1094534644
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10945/34644
dc.publisherMonterey, California: Naval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
dc.rightsThis publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.en_US
dc.subject.authorSOF-centricen_US
dc.subject.authorinteragency cooperationen_US
dc.subject.authorcauses of conflicten_US
dc.subject.authorSpecial Forces (SF)en_US
dc.subject.authorCivil Affairs (CA)en_US
dc.subject.authorMilitary Information Support Operations (MISO)en_US
dc.subject.authorSpecial Operations Forces (SOF)en_US
dc.subject.authorstabilityen_US
dc.subject.authorfailing statesen_US
dc.subject.authorfundamental and immediate causesen_US
dc.subject.authorAfghanistanen_US
dc.subject.authorColombiaen_US
dc.subject.authorPhilippinesen_US
dc.subject.authorVillage Stability Operations (VSO)en_US
dc.subject.authorAfghan Local Police (ALP)en_US
dc.titleEffective SOF employment: mitigating causes of conflicten_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dspace.entity.typePublication
etd.thesisdegree.disciplineDefense Analysisen_US
etd.thesisdegree.levelMastersen_US
etd.thesisdegree.nameMaster of Scienceen_US
etd.thesisdegree.nameMaster of Science in Defense Analysisen_US
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