President John F. Kennedy didn’t just acknowledge unconventional warfare, he embraced it, understood it, and reshaped America’s military around it. To JFK, the Cold War wasn’t going to be won by mass formations or nuclear deterrence alone. It demanded adaptable forces, asymmetric thinking, and elite soldiers capable of operating in the shadows. And as Dr. Jared Tracy and Dr. Troy Sacquety explain, Kennedy saw Army Special Forces as the nation’s natural answer to that challenge. From Fort Bragg,

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