Overview
- Addresses an important topic (special operations) from a novel perspective (small states) for the first time
- Offers an authoritative overview of SOF from leading authorities in the field
- Written in an accessible way suitable for upper level undergraduates, graduates, practitioners and think thanks
Part of the book series: New Security Challenges (NSECH)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
“Over the past dozen years special operations forces (SOF) have been one of the few areas of growth and expansion in a number of militaries. This growth and expansion, however, has not been mirrored by a comparable one in academic inquiries into the subject. Special Operations from a Small State Perspective - Future Security Challenges, which contains a wide range of perspectives from both practitioners and academics, makes a unique contribution to the literature and offers fascinating insights into the opportunities provided by and challenges confronting small states such as Swedenin their evolutionary development and use of SOF.”
Dr James Kiras, Associate Professor, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, The Air University,
Alabama, USA.
Reviews
“This edited volume 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 develop and use this very unique capability at all level of engagement, and as a strategic instrument, in the modern complex security environment. The study finds that SOF in small states has both unique roles and limitations in addressing the range of security challenges. After reading this work, small state leaders may choose to reorient force structure in favour of SOF due to the changing security situation in Europe and the need to economise military resources.” (Dr James Kiras, Associate Professor, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, The Air University, Alabama, USA)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr Pettersson is a researcher at the Swedish National Defence University, employed by the Swedish Armed Forces since 2000. She holds a PhD in Risk Management and Safety Engineer. Her research is concerned with SOF, Lessons Learned and specially focused on military international missions.
Dr Eriksson has a PhD in Political Science and currently holds a Post-Doc position at the Swedish National Defence University at the Department of War Studies. Gunilla presented her PhD – The Intelligence Discourse – in 2013. Prior to that, she has been an intelligence analyst at the Swedish Military Intelligence and Security Service for 6 years.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Special Operations from a Small State Perspective
Book Subtitle: Future Security Challenges
Editors: Gunilla Eriksson, Ulrica Pettersson
Series Title: New Security Challenges
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43961-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-43960-0Published: 07 June 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82949-4Published: 28 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-43961-7Published: 25 May 2017
Series ISSN: 2731-0329
Series E-ISSN: 2731-0337
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 198
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations
Topics: Military and Defence Studies, International Security Studies, European Politics