Beyond surprise: a cybernetic approach to special operations

Special operations, which generally employ small units against numerically superior forces, are exceptionally vulnerable to the frictions of war. Because the success of special operations is often of critical political or strategic importance, their degree of dependability must be as high as possibl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Johnson, James O.
Other Authors: Arquilla, John
Language:en_US
Published: Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/31331