Defense Analysis

"This project consists of research conducted for the US Army Special Operations Command by the National Security Analysis Department of The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory."

This casebook provides summary descriptive accounts of 23 revolutions that have occurred in seven geographic areas of the world, mostly since World War 2. Each revolution is described in terms of the environment in which it occurred, the form of the revolutionary movements it self, and the results which were accomplished. (large file)

This is an update to the earlier volume and is also a large file.

This monograph is a companion volume to two earlier works: Support to Resistance: Strategic Purpose and Effectiveness, and How Civil Resistance Works (And Why It Matters To SOF)

This monograph is a companion volume to two other works: Support to Resistance: Strategic Purpose and Effectiveness; and Decision-Making Considerations in Support to Resistance.

Afghanistan

A Historical Case Study of the Role of Air Force Special Operations Forces in High-Intensity Conflict

This monograph is the first volume to two later companion works: Decision-Making Considerations in Support to Resistance, and How Civil Resistance Works (And Why It Matters To SOF)

Thesis by ADM McRaven - turned into the book Spec Ops: Case Studies in Special Operations Warfare