TY - JOUR
T1 - How Special Operations Forces Can Contribute Strategically to Modern Wars
T2 - An Israel–US Case Study Comparison
AU - Ansbacher, Yair
AU - Schleifer, Ron
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© RUSI Journal 2021.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - The commission of inquiry into the events of military engagement in Lebanon in 2006 asserted that Israeli special forces were improperly deployed during the Second Lebanon War. In this article, Yair Ansbacher and Ron Schleifer explore why the Israeli special operations forces’ (SOF) contribution to campaigns have been marginal, using the 2003 US deployment of SOF in Iraq as a point of comparison. They aim to identify and define the most effective deployment modes of modern SOF in war, and explain the changes that Israeli SOF must undergo to enhance future performance.◼.
AB - The commission of inquiry into the events of military engagement in Lebanon in 2006 asserted that Israeli special forces were improperly deployed during the Second Lebanon War. In this article, Yair Ansbacher and Ron Schleifer explore why the Israeli special operations forces’ (SOF) contribution to campaigns have been marginal, using the 2003 US deployment of SOF in Iraq as a point of comparison. They aim to identify and define the most effective deployment modes of modern SOF in war, and explain the changes that Israeli SOF must undergo to enhance future performance.◼.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85111914200&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/03071847.2021.1957707
DO - 10.1080/03071847.2021.1957707
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AN - SCOPUS:85111914200
SN - 0307-1847
VL - 166
SP - 30
EP - 39
JO - RUSI Journal
JF - RUSI Journal
IS - 4
ER -