| ID | 116121 |
| Title Proper | Future of special operations |
| Other Title Information | beyond kill and capture |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Robinson, Linda |
| Publication | 2012. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Over the past decade, the United States' military and the country's national security strategy have come to rely on special operations to an unprecedented degree. As identifying and neutralizing terrorists and insurgents has become one of the Pentagon's most crucial tasks, special operations forces have honed their ability to conduct manhunts, adopting a new targeting system known as "find, fix, finish, exploit, analyze, and disseminate." They have adopted a flatter organizational structure and collaborated more closely with intelligence agencies, allowing special operations to move at "the speed of war," in the words of the retired army general Stanley McChrystal, the chief architect of the contemporary U.S. approach to counterterrorism. |
| `In' analytical Note | Foreign Affairs Vol. 91, No.6; Nov-Dec 2012: p.110-122 |
| Journal Source | Foreign Affairs Vol. 91, No.6; Nov-Dec 2012: p.110-122 |
| Key Words | United States ; Counterterrorism ; Intelligence Agencies ; Special Operations ; Speed of War ; Pentagon ; National Security Strategy |