The strategic utility of New Zealand Special Forces
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5724330 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rhys Ball (0000-0002-9177-3994, Massey University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 119-141 |
| Publication date | 2011-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Small Wars and Insurgencies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0959-2318 • E-ISSN: 1743-9558 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09592318.2011.546594 |
| OpenAlex | W2110402580 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
In 1955, the New Zealand government authorised the creation of a Special Forces unit to operate with British forces in Malaya to counter a communist-inspired guerrilla insurgency. Drawing upon the operational experiences of the New Zealand SAS largely taken from the Cold War period, and underpinned by Colin Gray's Special Forces essentials of ‘economy of force’ and ‘expansion of choice’, this article will show how New Zealand's SAS is now accepted not only as a respected and relevant part of the nation's military capability, but also empowers its political decision-makers with the confidence to take on significant, and at times difficult, strategic foreign-policy choices
Adversary · Cold war · Communism · Computer security · Foreign policy · Guerrilla warfare · Military science · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Special forces · Strategic defence · Computer Science · Defense, Military, and Policy Studies · Law · Military and Defense Studies · Military History and Strategy
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |