United States Special Operations Forces

David Tucker and Christopher J. Lamb

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August, 2007
Cloth, 312 pages, 3 tables
ISBN: 978-0-231-13190-2
$40.00 / £27.50

"David Tucker and Christopher J. Lamb throw useful gasoline on the heretofore smoldering debate over the future of warfare and how best to use America's special operations forces. The flare-up will enlighten." — Robert Andrews, former Green Beret and CIA officer and the current deputy under secretary of defense for counterintelligence and security

"This book shoots to the top of a short list of books on special operations that actually illuminate well beyond the mesmerizing missions of these critically important forces. Many-including myself-will challenge the authors' powerful case for reform in some respect, but no one who cares about special operations can afford to miss their insider insights and strategic reasoning." — James R. Locher III, former assistant secretary of defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict

Related Subjects

• Security Studies

About the Author

David Tucker is an associate professor in the Department of Defense Analysis and codirector of the Center on Terrorism and Irregular Warfare at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California. He has also served in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict. Christopher J. Lamb is a senior fellow with the Institute for National Strategic Studies at National Defense University. His prior positions in the Departments of Defense and State include deputy assistant secretary of defense for resources and plans, deputy director of the State Department's interagency task force for military stabilization in the Balkans, and director of policy planning in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict.

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