@inbook{10.7249/mg499af.9, ISBN = {9780833039620}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7249/mg499af.9}, abstract = {The grand strategy that the United States has adopted and the difficult challenges the nation will confront in the coming years beget a wide range of missions for its armed forces. They also call for different types of arrangements within U.S. alliances and partnerships, with more focus needed on new and emerging missions and a different focus on more-familiar missions in light of emerging threats.For the purposes of sizing and shaping the nation’s general-purpose and special operations forces (SOF), the following five missions are most relevant:countering terrorist and insurgent groups abroadhelping to bring stability to emerging democracies}, bookauthor = {Andrew R. Hoehn and Adam Grissom and David A. Ochmanek and David A. Shlapak and Alan J. Vick}, booktitle = {A New Division of Labor: Meeting America's Security Challenges Beyond Iraq}, edition = {1}, pages = {27--50}, publisher = {RAND Corporation}, title = {Toward a New Division of Labor}, year = {2007} }