MILS572 - Special Operations Forces Application
View Academic Calendar
This course examines the history and mission of United States special operations forces and roles within operational and tactical environments. Students explore special operations doctrine and tactics from past to present in the global war on terror. Students compare and contrast the use of special operations forces for pre-conflict, operations, and post-conflict scenarios in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Philippines.
Prerequisites
N/A
Corequisites
N/A
Schedule of Classes
| 10/31/11 - 03/25/12 |
04/02/12 - 07/22/12 |
Spring 2012 Session A - 16 Week session |
| 01/30/12 - 06/24/12 |
07/02/12 - 10/21/12 |
Summer 2012 Session A - 16 Week session |
| 03/26/12 - 08/26/12 |
09/03/12 - 10/28/12 |
Summer 2012 Session D - 8 Week session |
| 05/28/12 - 10/28/12 |
11/05/12 - 12/30/12 |
Fall 2012 Session I - 8 Week session |
Course Materials
| Book Title: |
United States Special Operations Forces
|
| ISBN: |
0231131909
|
| Publication Info: |
Columbia University Press
|
| Author: |
Tucker, David
|
| Unit Cost: |
$40.00
|
| |
| Book Title: |
Unconventional Warfare: Rebuilding U.S. Special Operations Forces
|
| ISBN: |
0815754752
|
| Publication Info: |
Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 1997
|
| Author: |
Marquis, Susan L.
|
| Unit Cost: |
$28.00
|
| |
| Book Title: |
Spec Ops : Case Studies in Special Operations Warfare : Theory and Practice
|
| ISBN: |
0891416005
|
| Publication Info: |
Presidio Press, 1998
|
| Author: |
McRaven, W
|
| Unit Cost: |
$19.95
|
| |
