Special Operations from a Small State Perspective Future Security Ch
This book offers different perspectives on the utilization and development of special operations forces (SOF) in small states. Across the chapters, the authors argue that small states can use and develop this very unique capability both at a tactical and
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The last decade has demonstrated that threats to security vary greatly in their causes and manifestations and that they invite interest and demand responses from the social sciences, civil society, and a very broad policy community. In the past, the avoidance of war was the primary objective, but with the end of the Cold War the retention of military defence as the centrepiece of international security agenda became untenable. There has been, therefore, a significant shift in emphasis away from traditional approaches to security to a new agenda that talks of the softer side of security, in terms of human security, economic security, and environmental security. The topical New Security Challenges series reflects this pressing political and research agenda.
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Gunilla Eriksson • Ulrica Pettersson Editors
Special Operations from a Small State Perspective Future Security Challenges
Editors Gunilla Eriksson Department of Military Studies Swedish Defense University Stockholm, Sweden
New Security Challenges ISBN 978-3-319-43960-0 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-43961-7
Ulrica Pettersson Department of Military Studies Swedish National Defence University Stockholm, Sweden
ISBN 978-3-319-43961-7 (eBook)
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