War by other means : building complete and balanced capabilities for counterinsurgency / David C. Gompert and John Gordon IV ; with Adam Grissom [and others].

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Gompert, David C

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TextSeries: Rand counterinsurgency study ; final rept.Publication details: Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corp., 2008.Description: 1 online resource (lxiii, 453 pages) : illustrations (some color)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9780833045836
0833045830

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Building complete and balanced capabilities for counterinsurgency

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: War by other means.DDC classification:

355.02/180973 22

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U241 .G652 2008eb

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Contents:

Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One -- Defining the Problem; Chapter Two -- Framing the Problem; Chapter Three -- Countering Type III Insurgency; Chapter Four -- Overview of Capabilities Needed to CounterType III Insurgency; Chapter Five -- Civil Capabilities; Chapter Six -- Information Capabilities; Chapter Seven -- Perception and Cognition; Chapter Eight -- General Security Capabilities; Chapter Nine -- Local Security Capabilities; Chapter Ten -- U.S. Security Capabilities; Chapter Eleven -- Multilateral Counterinsurgency.

Summary: The difficulties encountered by the United States in securing Iraq and Afghanistan despite years of effort and staggering costs raises the central question of the RAND Counterinsurgency Study: How should the United States improve its capabilities to counter insurgencies, particularly those that are heavily influenced by transnational terrorist movements and thus linked into a global jihadist network? This capstone volume to the study draws on other reports in the series as well as an examination of 89 insurgencies since World War II, an analysis of the new challenges posed by what is becoming.

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The difficulties encountered by the United States in securing Iraq and Afghanistan despite years of effort and staggering costs raises the central question of the RAND Counterinsurgency Study: How should the United States improve its capabilities to counter insurgencies, particularly those that are heavily influenced by transnational terrorist movements and thus linked into a global jihadist network? This capstone volume to the study draws on other reports in the series as well as an examination of 89 insurgencies since World War II, an analysis of the new challenges posed by what is becoming.

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