'Not a panacea for all our problems'. (William Crowe on Special Forces) (interview)

From: U.S. News & World Report | Date: November 3, 1986 | Copyright information

'Not a panacea for all our problems' Q Admiral Crowe, what's behind the growing debate over the role of Special Forces?

Many of the people I deal with--even in Congress and in the military--demonstrate a lot of confusion as to what Special Forces are and what they do. Many people believe what we call low-intensity conflict should be handled by Special Forces alone. I don't agree, because Special Operations Forces are not designed to cover the full range of challenges we ...

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