Special warfare was a key component of American military operations
long before Afghanistan and even before the heroic deeds of the
Green Berets. Alfred Paddock's revised edition of his classic study
-- for two decades the definitive word on the subject -- honors the
fiftieth anniversary of the organizations responsible for Army
special warfare, and serves as a timely reminder of the likely role
such forces can play in combating threats to American national
security.
Based on exhaustive research in formerly classified documents,
Paddock examines the U.S. Army's activities in psychological and
unconventional warfare during World War II, Korea, and the early
Cold War to determine the impetus for, and origins of, the "special
warfare" capability established at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He
describes the key role played by Major General Robert A. McClure,
the "father of Army special warfare, " to convince often reluctant
military and civilian leaders to rebuild psychological warfare
forces dissipated after World War II and to create Special Forces
-- the Army's first formal organization to conduct guerrilla
warfare. Paddock also clearly establishes the influence of concepts
pioneered by the Office of Strategic Services on the original
design of Special Forces.
This revised edition draws on the newly available papers of
Major General McClure and provides additional information on his
role as Eisenhower's chief of psychological warfare in North Africa
and Europe, his service as chief of information control in occupied
Germany, and his assignment as chief of the New York Field Office
of the Army's Civil Affairs Division. Paddock also includes new
sections on American psychological warfarein the Pacific, the Army
Rangers, the 1st Special Service Force, and American-led guerrillas
in the Philippines.
In a reflective new epilogue that draws partly upon his own
experience, Paddock also provides keen insights into the use of
special warfare during Vietnam.
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