Thesis (M.S. in Defense Analysis)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2007. / Thesis Advisor(s): Gustaitis, Peter J. "December 2007." Description based on title screen as viewed on January 18, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-70). Also available in print.

Thesis (M.S. in Defense Analysis)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2007. / Thesis Advisor(s): Gustaitis, Peter J. "December 2007." Title from title page of PDF document (viewed Apr 29, 2008). Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-70).

Thesis (M.S. in Defense Analysis)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2008. / Thesis Advisor(s): Borer, Douglas ; Lober, George. "December 2008." Description based on title screen as viewed on January 30, 2009. Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-82). Also available in print.

Sir Colin McV. Gubbins, former director of Britain's Special Operations Executive (SOE), explained in 1966 to a Danish audience that it is much easier to pronounce a new organization than to actually create it. This dissertation examines the processes whereby SOE was created, including how its doctrine was formulated and subsequently disseminated, both to its own agents and to its American counterpart, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). Traditional narratives, which imply that SOE had no precedents, fail to appreciate that Gubbins and his colleagues consciously looked to past and contemporary examples for inspiration. This dissertation follows Gubbins's career, examining his experience of unconventional warfare in the Allied Intervention in Russia, in Ireland during the Irish Revolution, and in India. To personal experience was added the experience of colleagues and the knowledge he gained by study of several other historical and contemporary conflicts. Pragmatically synthesizing this information, Gubbins authored two brief guides in 1939: the Art of Guerilla Warfare and the Partisan Leader's Handbook. In 1940 Gubbins joined the new SOE and was given charge of both operations and training, allowing his ideas to shape SOE's agents and form their thinking. Even before the entry of the United States into the Second World War, OSS turned to Britain for training in intelligence and sabotage. SOE played a substantial role in this process, propagating Gubbins's ideas even further. Although the Americans drew upon their own sources of inspiration as well, SOE and Gubbins's doctrines were significant, arguably central, to American thinking.

Thesis (M.S. in Defense Analysis)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2009. / Thesis Advisor: Rothstein, Hy. Second Reader: Jansen, Erik. "December 2009." Description based on title screen as viewed on January 28, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: Irregular Warfare, Population-centric Warfare, organizational theory and design, U.S. Special Operations Command. Includes bibliographical references (p. 71-76). Also available in print.

Thesis (M.S. in Defense Analysis)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2009. / Thesis Advisor(s): Rothstein, Hy. "June 2009." Description based on title screen as viewed on July 13, 2009. Author(s) subject terms: U.S. Navy SEALs, SEALs, Naval Special Warfare, NSW, Special Operations Forces, SOF, SOCOM, SOF Culture, Comparative Advantage, Strategic Utility. Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-103). Also available in print.

Thesis--Air Command and Staff College, Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, April 2005. / "April 2005." Thesis advisor: Dr. Bert L. Frandsen. Performed by Air University Press (AUL/LP), Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, Ala. "AU/ACSC/6244/2004-05." Includes bibliographical references (p. 29-30). Also available online from the Air University Research Information Management System (AURIMS) and the DTIC Online Web sites.

Thesis (M.A. in National Security Affairs)--Naval Postgraduate School, Sept. 2004. / Thesis Advisor(s): Daniel Moran. Includes bibliographical references (p. 85-90). Also available online.

Thesis (M.S.)--School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, 2008. / "June 2008." Vita. Includes bibliographical references (l. 73-77). Also available via the Internet.

Thesis (M.S. in Defense Analysis)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2008. / Thesis Advisor(s): O'Connell, Robert. "December 2008." Description based on title screen as viewed on February 2, 2009. Includes bibliographical references (p. 43-45). Also available in print.