Military Review English Edition May-June 2014 | Page 64

Persistent Conflict and
Special Operations Forces
Lt. Col. Phillip W. Reynolds, U.S. Army
The art of war was always to start with…adapting [forces] to the requirements of the particular case.

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Carl von Clausewitz, On War

S THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN CLOSES, there is an almost tangible sense of
relief within the Army. Military services are shifting their focus toward Asia. The
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