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The northern flank : the Arctic : implications for SOF / Bernd Horn, Howard G. Coombs and Tony Balasevicius, editors.: D2-694/2025E-PDF ; D2-694/2025E

"The Arctic has become a region of opportunity, but also competition. Moreover, operating in the Arctic is replete with monumental challenges. Therefore, as the global Great Power Competition (GPC) continues, special operations forces (SOF) will become an increasingly important player in the High North. This new edited volume published by Canadian Special Operations Forces Command is intended to provide perspective and insight into SOF's roles and challenges as it navigates the murky gray zone of hybrid warfare in competition and conflict, as well as preparing for high-intensity war should regional conflagrations erupt into a global war"--Supplied from publisher.

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Department/Agency
  • Canada. Canadian Special Operations Forces Command, issuing body.
TitleThe northern flank : the Arctic : implications for SOF / Bernd Horn, Howard G. Coombs and Tony Balasevicius, editors.
Variant title
  • Northern flank
Publication typeMonograph
Language[English]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • "Produced for CANSOFCOM Education & Research Centre by 17 Wing Winnipeg Publishing Office"--Title page verso.
  • "WPO32495"--Title page verso.
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • Introduction : what is the big deal about the Arctic? -- Mostly an after thought : Canada and the Arctic / Colonel (retired) Bernd Horn -- SOF adaptation to operating in the Arctic : why and how / Lieutenant-General (retired) D. Michael Day -- SOF in the North American Arctic : meeting 21st century security needs / Dr. James R. Morton, Jr., Troy J. Bouffard and Dr. P. Whitney Lackenbauer -- A transforming Arctic landscape : strategic considerations for special operations forces / Christiane Thompson and Lieutenant Colonel (retired) Michael B. Kelley -- Sentinels in the snow : building security relationships between special forces and local populations in a changing Arctic / Dr. Michele Devlin, Dr. José de Arimatéia da Cruz and Brian Gellert -- Not an inconsequential battlespace : Arctic threat streams / Colonel (retired) Bernd Horn -- Guerillas in the glaciers : environmental gray zone tactics in the polar regions / Dr. Michele Devlin and Dr. José de Arimatéia da Cruz -- Russia's military posture and capabilities in the Arctic / Tony Balasevicius -- Creating a Canadian Arctic unconventional warfare capability / Colonel (retired) J. Paul de B. Taillon -- The Canadian Rangers : a critical enabler for SOF / Dr. P. Whitney Lackenbauer and Lieutenant-Colonel Travis Hanes -- SOF roles in the Arctic : joint enabler, whole-of-society integrator, reverse security force assistance provider / Colonel (retired) Kevin D. Stringer and Lieutenant-Colonel Marius Kristiansen -- Special operations in the Canadian North : enabling human security / Colonel Howard G. Coombs -- Concluding thoughts : a summarization of operating in the Arctic -- Contributors -- Glossary of abbreviations -- Index.
Publishing information
  • Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Special Operations Forces Command, [2025]
  • ©2025
Author / Contributor
  • Horn, Bernd, 1959- editor.
  • Coombs, Howard, editor.
  • Balasevicius, Tony, author.
Description1 online resource (313 pages, 2 unnumbered pages) : colour maps
ISBN9780660756943 9780660756950
Catalogue number
  • D2-694/2025E-PDF
  • D2-694/2025E
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