Building special operations partnerships in Afghanistan and beyond : challenges and best practices from Afghanistan, Iraq, and Colombia /

"Building the capacity of Afghan special operations forces (SOF) is a key goal of the United States and its coalition partners. This report summarizes key partnering practices and presents findings from SOF partnership case studies in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Colombia. The goal is to identify bes...

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Main Authors: Long, Austin G. (Author), Helmus, Todd C. (Author), Zimmerman, S. Rebecca (Author), Schnaubelt, Christopher M. (Author), Chalk, Peter (Author)
Corporate Author: National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, [2015]
Series:Research report (Rand Corporation) ; RR-713-OSD.
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Summary:"Building the capacity of Afghan special operations forces (SOF) is a key goal of the United States and its coalition partners. This report summarizes key partnering practices and presents findings from SOF partnership case studies in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Colombia. The goal is to identify best practices to benefit the development of Afghan SOF, as well as for special operations partnerships beyond Afghanistan"--Publisher's description.
Item Description:"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense" -- title page.
"Approved for public release; distribution unlimited" -- title page.
Physical Description:xix, 100 pages ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-100)
ISBN:9780833087591
0833087592