Grey Wars

A Contemporary History of U.S. Special Operations

By: N.W. Collins

Narrated by: L.J. Ganser

An analysis of US Special Operations, at the center of America's 21st-century wars.

This original and accessible book is a comprehensive, authoritative analysis of US Special Operations.

US Special Operations Command trains and equips units to undertake select military activities, frequently high-risk missions, often for the purposes of counterterrorism and counterinsurgency. Since 9/11, impelled by an attack on US soil, these forces have been a central instrument of America's military campaign - operating in about 100 countries on any given day. This fight - neither hot war nor cold peace - was launched and executed as a new type of global war in 2001 and has since splintered into a spectrum of regional conflicts. The result are our nation's grey wars: hazy and lethal.

This contemporary history, incorporating extensive interviews and archival research by security studies expert N. W. Collins, delves deeply into the transformation of these forces since 9/11.

©2021 N. W. Collins (P)2021 Tantor

ELEGANTLY REPLOWING ALREADY TILLED FIELDS

A puff piece which fails to yield new perspectives on a fertile topic. This work is a summary of materials already published elsewhere.