W. W. Keen Butcher Lecture Series on Military Affairs

Special Operations Forces and the War on Terrorism

Michael Vickers, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Association

January 12, 2006 / Union League of Philadelphia

This lecture was delivered as part of the W. W. Keen Butcher Lecture Series on Military Affairs, established with a contribution from W. W. Keen Butcher on the occasion of FPRI's 50th anniversary.

Michael Vickers is Director of Strategic Studies at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. A former Special Forces Officer and CIA Operations Officer with extensive operational experience, he is the author of several CSBA monographs, including Warfare in 2020: A Primer.


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