TY  - BOOK
AU  - FINLAN Alastair
TI  - A dangerous pathway?: toward a theory of special forces
PY  - 2019///
KW  - MILITARY
KW  - SPECIAL FORCES
N2  - This article explores what is considered by some to be a dangerous pathway: the development of a theory of special forces. The world is now in the third age of special forces and these secret military units are at the forefront of the use of force in international relations. This research identifies a large theory-knowledge gap concerning these military "first responders" for modern nation-states and offers a tentative theory of special forces that goes beyond traditional annihilation/attrition models of war toward a new anaphylaxis model. It makes the case that the theory pathway is not dangerous, but emancipatory
UR  - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01495933.2019.1633181
ER  -