00000nam 2200000zi 4500 9.920123 CaOODSP 20231030103831 m o d f cr mn||||||||| 230215t20232023onca ob f001 0 eng d 9780660476421 (PDF) 9780660476438 (print) CaOODSP eng rda CaOODSP D2-619/1-2023E-PDF D2-619/1-2023E Operating on the margins : SOF in the gray zone / editor, Dr. Howard G. Coombs with Dr. Christopher Marsh. Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Special Operations Forces Command, [2023] ©2023 1 online resource (iii, 117 pages) : illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier "Special operations forces and great power competition"--Cover and added title page. "Produced for CANSOFCOM Education & Research Centre by 17 Wing Winnipeg Publishing Office"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references and index. Preface -- Campaigning in the gray zone / Dr. Christopher Marsh and Dr. Thomas Searle -- Great power competition and the gray zone / Dr. Diane M. Zorri -- Re-framing NATO perspectives of 21st century conflict and special operations implications / Dr. Howard G. Coombs -- Canadian special operations forces theory of gray zone conflict / Ms. Tanya Allem, Major Jodi-Jane Longley, Lieutenant-Colonel Reginald A. McMichael, and Lieutenant-Colonel Warren B. Miron -- Special operations forces collective training for the gray zone / Lieutenant-Colonel (retired) Todd S. Scharlach -- Designing a SOF campaign for strategic competition / Lieutenant-Colonel Timothy Day -- Something borrowed : cyberspace concepts and gray zone conflict / Dr. Michael A. Hennessy -- The directed telescope : special operations forces in the gray zone / Major (retired) Phillippe J.F. Leclerc -- On the margins of empire / Dr. Howard G. Coombs -- Contributors -- Glossary of abbreviations -- Notes -- Index. "This volume examines "gray zone conflict," or the space between peace and war in which state and non-state actors engage in competition. Even with the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, this interpretive paradigm retains great utility and helps explain the current strategic environment and the holistic nature of contemporary conflict. The idea of the gray zone needs to be kept in the special operations forces planners' conceptual toolkit since it helps clarify and articulate the contemporary global operating environment, particularly in Russia's near abroad and in the South China Sea and China's relations with Taiwan. This conflict model – the gray zone – is a valuable cognitive tool that facilitates a holistic comprehension of the unseen competitive struggle in which the West is currently engaged against various adversaries." Special operations (Military science) Special forces (Military science) Great powers. Opérations spéciales (Science militaire) Forces spéciales (Science militaire) Grandes puissances. Coombs, Howard, editor. Marsh, Christopher, 1969- editor. Canada. Canadian Special Operations Forces Command, issuing body. Operating on the margins : (CaOODSP)9.920125 PDF 4.66 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2023/mdn-dnd/D2-619-1-2023-eng.pdf