Up until the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine,
the idea of a quickly manifesting high-intensity war was
unfathomable to most. Awareness of how such a conflict
would severely impact the stability and prosperity of the inter-
connected world, as well as the accessibility, proliferation, and
lethality of modern technology, seemed to make the prospect
of conflict so devastating that no rational state would risk
engaging in all out war. However, the Russian assault on
Ukraine underlines the point “never say never.” Through
design or miscalculation, the occurrence of a major conflict
between peer, near-peer, and / or regional powers can never be
discounted. As such, this volume examines the challenges and
potential roles that SOF will face in the event of high-intensity,
conventional warfare.
ISBN 78-0-660-43779-8
SOF and GPC Series
EDITOR – Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew L. Brown, PhD
A PERILOUS FUTURE: HIGH-INTENSITY CONFLICT AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR SOF
A PERILOUS FUTURE:
HIGH-INTENSITY CONFLICT AND
THE IMPLICATIONS FOR SOF
Special Operations Forces and
Great Power Competition
EDITOR
Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew L. Brown, PhD
