Rethinking small-footprint counter-terrorism: moving from kinetic operations to security force assistance

In response to the 'body bag syndrome' produced by the long years in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Obama administration has adopted a small-footprint strategy founded on kinetic operations designed to capture or kill key militants. Drone strikes and midnight raids by Special Operations Forc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bell, Louis
Other Authors: Ahmed S Hashim
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/64875