Support to Resistance: Strategic Purpose and Effectiveness-Case Studies Joint Spec Op Uni

[Zulfiqar]

The below is a document that we should all read in free time in order to gain better knowledge on unconventional warfare especially by US, Our past and future exposure to Afghanistan and in light of the recent color revolutions/movements like PTM and the HK protests.


Comments from Joint Special Operations University:

This monograph is the first in a planned series of three volumes that will provide Special Operations Forces (SOF) with an in-depth study of resistance movements. Mr. Will Irwin provides a wealth of case studies focused on the United States Government’s support to resistance movements. For each of his case studies the author summarizes in a clear, concise manner the duration of U.S. support, the political environments or conditions, the type of operation, the purpose or objective of U.S. support, and the ultimate outcome: success, partial success, failure, or an inconclusive outcome. Unfolding world events are indicative of the need for SOF to maintain and enhance traditional unconventional warfare (UW) skills, but those skills must be assessed in the context of modern resistance movement dynamics. This work will serve as a benchmark reference on resistance movements for the benefit of the special operations community and its civilian leadership.


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Related Newsweek article:


U.S. Special Forces School Publishes New Guide for Overthrowing Foreign Governments

https://www.newsweek.com/us-guide-overthrow-government-special-forces-school-1419837

 

[Zulfiqar]

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@Signalian

For some reason I cannot post on kashmir war section. Just wanted to share this document which details previous US ops.

The above lessons need to be kept in mind while considering unconventional operations in Kashmir.

 

[Zulfiqar]

https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/mid-...-19th-august-2019.632159/page-3#post-11747806


@Signalian

For some reason I cannot post on kashmir war section. Just wanted to share this document which details previous US ops.

The above lessons need to be kept in mind while considering unconventional operations in Kashmir.

Below is second in series of volumes on the topic of utilizing to own advantage the civilian resistance for special operations.


This one is titled How Civil Resistance Works (And Why It Matters To SOF) by Will Irwin with foreword by Lieutenant General Charles T. Cleveland

"Mr. Will Irwin reminds us in this extremely timely and well-written monograph, as John F. Kennedy observed more than a half century ago, that those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. Million man protest marches in Hong Kong, riots and rebellion in Caracas, continued rumors of widespread discontent in Tehran, sabotage in the face of unspeakable brutality in North Korea, sectarian civil war in Syria, and the unrelenting assault on liberal democracy by the dictatorial regime in Moscow—the headlines of today have their seeds in the inherent fear of tyrants. It is that fear on which America must capitalize and be prepared to use to our advantage. These disturbances reveal the critical role that America’s special warfare units play in the contemporary era of nation state competition and conflict, for it’s their own people that our enemies fear most. Will Irwin’s monograph is a timely and important contribution to what will eventually become canon for the American Way of Irregular War and the basis for the professional military education of its uniformed and civilian irregular warfare practitioners."



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