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Book Synopsis The Ethics of Special Ops by : Deane-Peter Baker
Download or read book The Ethics of Special Ops written by Deane-Peter Baker and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2024 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of military ethics has generally been attentive to emerging trends in modern warfare. Cyber, robotics and AI, for example, have inspired an abundant and flourishing literature. One trend, however, has been largely overlooked: the emergence of special operations as a prominent instrument of statecraft. Drawing extensively on historical cases and first-hand experience, the authors of this book call attention to qualities inherent in special operations - and special operators - that challenge the moral framework which has long informed conventional military operations. Moral theorists will find this analysis provocative, while practitioners - those who conduct or oversee special operations and have an interest in the moral wellbeing of special operators - can put the authors' insights to practical use. Those who simply view with fascination the opaque world of special operations will find this book illuminating.
Book Synopsis The Ethics of Special Ops by : Deane-Peter Baker
Download or read book The Ethics of Special Ops written by Deane-Peter Baker and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-11-30 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of military ethics has generally been attentive to emerging trends in modern warfare. Cyber, robotics and AI, for example, have inspired an abundant and flourishing literature. One trend, however, has been largely overlooked: the emergence of special operations as a prominent instrument of statecraft. Drawing extensively on historical cases and first-hand experience, the authors of this book call attention to qualities inherent in special operations – and special operators – that challenge the moral framework which has long informed conventional military operations. Moral theorists will find this analysis provocative, while practitioners – those who conduct or oversee special operations and have an interest in the moral wellbeing of special operators – can put the authors' insights to practical use. Those who simply view with fascination the opaque world of special operations will find this book illuminating.
Book Synopsis Ethics at War by : Deane-Peter Baker
Download or read book Ethics at War written by Deane-Peter Baker and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-12-20 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book debates competing approaches to ethical decision-making for members of the armed forces of liberal democratic states. In this volume, four prominent thinkers propose and debate competing approaches to ethical decision-making for military personnel. Deane-Peter Baker presents and expounds the ‘Ethical Triangulation’ model, an ethical decision-making method he has employed through much of his career as an applied military ethicist. Rufus Black advocates for a natural law-based approach, one which has heavily influenced the framework formally adopted by the Australian Defence Force. Roger Herbert outlines the ‘Moral Deliberation Roadmap’, the moral reasoning framework recently adopted by the US Naval Academy. Iain King then sets out a model of quasi-utilitarian decision-making developed in several post-conflict settings and refined at the UK’s Royal College of Defence Studies. After the opening chapters in which each author outlines their favoured decision-making approach, the four contributors then evaluate each other’s proposals, often critically. Philosopher David Whetham offers some concluding thoughts in which he summarizes areas of agreement between the authors, identifies key areas of difference, and suggests directions for future research. This book will be of great interest to students of military ethics, the ethics of war, moral philosophy, and International Relations, as well as military professionals.
Book Synopsis Army Leadership and the Profession (ADP 6-22) by : Headquarters Department of the Army
Download or read book Army Leadership and the Profession (ADP 6-22) written by Headquarters Department of the Army and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-10-09 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ADP 6-22 describes enduring concepts of leadership through the core competencies and attributes required of leaders of all cohorts and all organizations, regardless of mission or setting. These principles reflect decades of experience and validated scientific knowledge.An ideal Army leader serves as a role model through strong intellect, physical presence, professional competence, and moral character. An Army leader is able and willing to act decisively, within superior leaders' intent and purpose, and in the organization's best interests. Army leaders recognize that organizations, built on mutual trust and confidence, accomplish missions. Every member of the Army, military or civilian, is part of a team and functions in the role of leader and subordinate. Being a good subordinate is part of being an effective leader. Leaders do not just lead subordinates-they also lead other leaders. Leaders are not limited to just those designated by position, rank, or authority.
Download or read book Army Special Ops written by William Doyle and published by William Morrow. This book was released on 2021-03-09 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times bestselling author William Doyle, a gripping, definitive history of the most elite soldiers on the planet, the U.S. Army Special Forces. They are the best of the best of the United States Army, tasked with undertaking its most dangerous missions, including hostage rescue, counter-terrorism operations, and special reconnaissance. Army Special Ops is the first comprehensive history of these elite heroes skilled in unconventional warfare who risk--and often have sacrificed--their lives in service to the nation, including the Green Berets, Rangers, Night Stalkers, and Delta Force. America's Special Forces soldiers have been involved in many of the most famous military activities of the last seventy-five years, from fulfilling key strategic objectives in Europe and the Pacific in the Second World War, to infiltrating enemy lines in Vietnam, to engaging in the bloody firefight known as the Battle of Mogadishu--captured in the bestselling book and film Black Hawk Down--to capturing and killing Osama bin Laden in a midnight raid. William Doyle relates these stories and many more in thrilling detail, and explores how Special Forces have responded to the shifting nature of modern warfare today. Based on thousands of pages of declassified files and interviews with the military personnel who have helped shape history, and illustrated with 50 photos and drawings, Army Special Ops introduces the epic personalities and chronicles many of their hair-raising, seemingly impossible missions, rescues, and assaults. Filled with epic stories of military heroism, this thrilling history pays tribute to the tragedies and triumphs of the soldiers of U.S. Army Special Operations, from their founding during World War II through the wars in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan, to today.
Download or read book Spec Ops written by William H. McRaven and published by Presidio Press. This book was released on 2009-02-04 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vice Adm. William H. McRaven helped to devise the strategy for how to bring down Osama bin Laden, and commanded the courageous U.S. military unit that carried it out on May 1, 2011, ending one of the greatest manhunts in history. In Spec Ops, a well-organized and deeply researched study, McRaven analyzes eight classic special operations. Six are from WWII: the German commando raid on the Belgian fort Eben Emael (1940); the Italian torpedo attack on the Alexandria harbor (1941); the British commando raid on Nazaire, France (1942); the German glider rescue of Benito Mussolini (1943); the British midget-submarine attack on the Tirpitz (1943); and the U.S. Ranger rescue mission at the Cabanatuan POW camp in the Philippines (1945). The two post-WWII examples are the U.S. Army raid on the Son Tay POW camp in North Vietnam (1970) and the Israeli rescue of the skyjacked hostages in Entebbe, Uganda (1976). McRaven—who commands a U.S. Navy SEAL team—pinpoints six essential principles of “spec ops” success: simplicity, security, repetition, surprise, speed and purpose. For each of the case studies, he provides political and military context, a meticulous reconstruction of the mission itself and an analysis of the operation in relation to his six principles. McRaven deems the Son Tay raid “the best modern example of a successful spec op [which] should be considered textbook material for future missions.” His own book is an instructive textbook that will be closely studied by students of the military arts. Maps, photos.
Book Synopsis The Ethics of Self-Defense by : Christian Coons
Download or read book The Ethics of Self-Defense written by Christian Coons and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-05-02 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fifteen new essays collected in this volume address questions concerning the ethics of self-defense, most centrally when and to what extent the use of defensive force, especially lethal force, can be justified. Scholarly interest in this topic reflects public concern stemming from controversial cases of the use of force by police, and military force exercised in the name of defending against transnational terrorism. The contributors pay special attention to determining when a threat is liable to defensive harm, though doubts about this emphasis are also raised. The legitimacy of so-called "stand your ground" policies and laws is also addressed. This volume will be of great interest to readers in moral, political, and legal philosophy.
Book Synopsis The Complete Idiot's Guide to the U.S. Special Ops Forces by : Marc Cerasini
Download or read book The Complete Idiot's Guide to the U.S. Special Ops Forces written by Marc Cerasini and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2002 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to the face of modern US warfare in the 21st century. The US Special Operations Forces will be at the forefront of every battle that the US will wage against the war on terrorism.
Book Synopsis Secrets of Special Ops Leadership by : William A. COHEN
Download or read book Secrets of Special Ops Leadership written by William A. COHEN and published by AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn. This book was released on 2005-09-09 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Navy SEALs. The Green Berets. Delta Force. These are just a few examples of what are known as ""special ops"" -- unique fighting forces trained to beat overwhelming odds on every mission. Using principles like speed, purpose, repetition, surprise, and simplicity, elite units such as these have throughout history accomplished extremely challenging tasks against vastly superior forces. When something seemingly impossible must be achieved, special ops forces are the ones called upon for a miracle. Just as special ops are needed for critical tasks in battle, ultra-high achievers are needed for special circumstances in business: situations where time is important, when resources are low or insufficient, where you are challenging conventional wisdom or established competitors, or where crisis is imminent. But can commando techniques really work in business? If you can inspire and lead your employees to work at peak performance, they will accomplish dramatic, almost fantastic feats for you -- just as fighting commandos do in battle situations. Secrets of Special Ops Leadership reveals the essential methods commando leaders employ, using dramatic real-life stories of commando leadership from biblical times all the way up through Iraq and Afghanistan in 2005, and showing how similar techniques are used by present-day business leaders such as Steve Jobs, Mary Kay Ash, Robert Townsend, and others. You'll learn the fourteen core practices of special ops leadership, including how to: * Create the Best If you think you can just call some of your regular employees together and give them a pep talk and an impossible task to do, you're wrong. Business commandos aren't born. They must be created. Your first task as a special ops business leader is to recruit, select, train, and motivate the right people. * Build a Commando Team Using models such as Carlson's Raiders, who fought for the U.S. Marines during World War II, the book explains how to work with different personalities, agendas, priorities, and motivations to create a team that works efficiently and effectively to get the job done. * Dare the Impossible Like the Sayeret Mat'kal, the Israeli Special Ops unit that staged the miraculous raid on Entebbe to free hostages on an Air France plane hijacked by terrorists in 1976, successful business ops must aggressively seek out opportunities and know when to transcend conventional thinking to stage an assault and take action. When they've got the right problems to work on, business commandos can do many times the work of normal employees, accomplish more with less, complete projects against looming deadlines, and create innovative new products and strategies. Secrets of Special Ops Leadership gives you the ammunition you need to get a business commando unit up and running and achieve the impossible for your organization.
Book Synopsis Just War and the Ethics of Espionage by : Darrell Cole
Download or read book Just War and the Ethics of Espionage written by Darrell Cole and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-17 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The War on Terror has raised many new, thorny issues of how we can determine acceptable action in defense of our liberties. Western leaders have increasingly used spies to execute missions unsuitable to the military. These operations, which often result in the contravening of international law and previously held norms of acceptable moral behavior, raise critical ethical questions—is spying limited by moral considerations? If so, what are they and how are they determined? Cole argues that spying is an act of force that may be a justifiable means to secure order and justice among political communities. He explores how the just war moral tradition, with its roots in Christian moral theology and Western moral philosophy, history, custom and law might help us come to grips with the moral problems of spying. This book will appeal to anyone interested in applied religious ethics, moral theology and philosophy, political philosophy, international law, international relations, military intellectual history, the War on Terror, and Christian theological politics.
Book Synopsis Rogue Sabre Special Ops by : David E. Robinson
Download or read book Rogue Sabre Special Ops written by David E. Robinson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-04-06 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Report and Intelligence Briefing adapted to book form is brought to you by an unamed, former, US Armed Forces Special Operations Soldier and an elite member of the Psychological Operations (Warfare) Regiment of the US Army's Special Operations Forces Community. His military experience resides with the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), United States Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (USACAPOC), and Special Operations Forces (SOF) during the years of 1999-2012. This gentleman patriot is known as ROGUE-SABRE-1, others may know him as SERGEANT BILLY. Today he has authorized a public release of his "final" report to the people of the world, and especially for the attention of the US Special Operations Forces and the Militia [people] of The United States of America. The 84-page briefing and subject matter adapted to this book can be described as an "Operational attempt to stop the Illegal takeover and surrender of the 50 Sovereign Nation States of North America, known as The United States of America." Many readers of this book will be familiar with the subject matter at hand and will be able to get a deeper understanding of the USA history of the Republic and the USA Corporation, through the eyes of a patriotic military soldier.
Book Synopsis Operation Dark Heart by : Anthony Shaffer
Download or read book Operation Dark Heart written by Anthony Shaffer and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-09-24 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shaffer delivers an exciting, eyewitness account of fighting terrorism in Afghanistan using the military's most cutting-edge espionage tactics. Just before St. Martin's Press release of the book, The Department of Defense and the Defense Intelligence Agency, demanded the author and the publisher produce the book for review. They, and "other interested U.S. intelligence agencies" met with the author to review changes and redactions that they required be made, before the book could be published, in order to "not damage our national security, harm our troops, or harm U.S. military intelligence efforts or assets." Thus, there are sections with redactions in the final book.
Download or read book Black Ops written by Ric Prado and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Explosive National Bestseller A memoir by the highest-ranking covert warrior to lift the veil of secrecy and offer a glimpse into the shadow wars that America has fought since the Vietnam Era. Enrique Prado found himself in his first firefight at age seven. The son of a middle-class Cuban family caught in the midst of the Castro Revolution, his family fled their war-torn home for the hope of a better life in America. Fifty years later, the Cuban refugee retired from the Central Intelligence Agency as the CIA equivalent of a two-star general. Black Ops is the story of Ric’s legendary career that spanned two eras, the Cold War and the Age of Terrorism. Operating in the shadows, Ric and his fellow CIA officers fought a little-seen and virtually unknown war to keep USA safe from those who would do it harm. After duty stations in Central, South America, and the Philippines, Black Ops follows Ric into the highest echelons of the CIA’s headquarters at Langley, Virginia. In late 1995, he became Deputy Chief of Station and co-founding member of the Bin Laden Task Force. Three years later, after serving as head of Korean Operations, Ric took on one of the most dangerous missions of his career: to re-establish a once-abandoned CIA station inside a hostile nation long since considered a front line of the fight against Islamic terrorism. He and his team carried out covert operations and developed assets that proved pivotal in the coming War on Terror. A harrowing memoir of life in the shadowy world of assassins, terrorists, spies and revolutionaries, Black Ops is a testament to the courage, creativity and dedication of the Agency’s Special Activities Group and its elite shadow warriors.
Book Synopsis U.S. Special Ops Forces by : Luke Colins
Download or read book U.S. Special Ops Forces written by Luke Colins and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Learn about U.S. special operations forces, including the missions they do and the powerful soldiers who make up the Green Berets, Army Rangers, Navy SEALs, and other teams."--
Book Synopsis The Mammoth Book of Special Ops by : Richard Russell Lawrence
Download or read book The Mammoth Book of Special Ops written by Richard Russell Lawrence and published by Robinson. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Into the eye of danger with the men who put the 'special' in special forces The once shadowy activities of special forces have grown into an increasingly exposed element of 21st century warfare and anti-terrorist activity. Here, in one giant unputdownable volume, are 30 of the most dangerous special operations of modern times. Drawn from the flashpoints of the world, and above all Iraq and Afghanistan, these first-hand and reported accounts of missions by the SAS, Delta Force, Green Beret, Commandos and other forces will leave you on the edge of your seat. The accounts include: Blackhawk Down - the US Delta forces debacle in Mogadishu, Somalia, 1993 British Special forces fight Al Qaeda at close quarters in Afghanistan 2003 Task Force Raider - US Special forces teams track down Saddam Hussein, 2003 The British 'Blackhawk Down' - Paras shoot their way out of trouble in Majar, Iraq 2003 The capture of insurgent leader Chemical Evil Fat Mama, Fallujah, November 2003
Book Synopsis Statistics about U.S. Special Ops, Past and Present by : Kirsten W. Larson
Download or read book Statistics about U.S. Special Ops, Past and Present written by Kirsten W. Larson and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2016-08 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Details the history of U.S. Special Operations with the help of statistics"--
Download or read book Cover of Darkness written by Kaylea Cross and published by Kaylea Cross Inc.. This book was released on 2010-05-25 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Targeted by a terrorist cell. Bryn McAllister survives a bombing at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut only to be left to die in a desert cellar. When she’s rescued by SEAL Lieutenant Declan McCabe and his team, Bryn must rely on him and his team to get her to safety. But just when she thinks the nightmare is over, she and McCabe are recruited to help track down the terrorist mastermind responsible for the attack. Now they’re both fighting for their lives. With Bryn determined to see the terrorist brought to justice, Dec joins up to protect her, prepared to do whatever it takes to keep her safe during their hazardous mission. Battling the explosive attraction between them, Dec fights to keep his distance from her so he can do his job and keep her alive. And when everything go sideways and Bryn is captured, he must make the agonizing choice between his duty as a SEAL and the life of the woman he loves.
