TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jones,Seth G.
ED  - Rand Corporation.
ED  - Rand Corporation,
TI  - Rolling back the Islamic State
T2  - Research report
SN  - 9780833098122
AV  - HV6433.I722 J66 2017eb online
U1  - 363.325 23
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - Santa Monica, Calif.
PB  - RAND Corporation
KW  - IS (Organization)
KW  - fast
KW  - Terrorism
KW  - United States
KW  - Prevention
KW  - Middle East
KW  - Arab countries
KW  - Africa
KW  - Terrorisme
KW  - États arabes
KW  - Prévention
KW  - Afrique
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
KW  - Infrastructure
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - General
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Series from web site; "National Security Research Division."; Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-272); Part I. The challenge and approach. Introduction -- The rise and decline of the Islamic State -- U.S. strategy -- Part II. Country campaigns. Iraq -- Syria -- Libya -- Nigeria -- Egypt -- Afghanistan -- Part III. The global campaign. The ideological and information campaign -- Recommendations
N2  - "The Islamic State is a byproduct of the 2003 American intervention in Iraq and the subsequent American departure in 2011. At its peak in late 2014, the group held more than 100,000 square kilometers of territory with a population of nearly 12 million, mostly in Iraq and Syria. Beginning in 2015, the Islamic State began to lose territory as it faced increasingly effective resistance. Still, the Islamic State continues to conduct and inspire attacks around the world. This report assesses the threat the Islamic State poses to the United States and examines four possible strategies to counter the group: disengagement, containment, rollback 'light' (with a reliance on local forces backed by U.S. special operations forces, Central Intelligence Agency and other intelligence assets, and airpower), and rollback 'heavy' (adding the employment of American conventional forces in ground combat). The authors conclude that the United States should pursue a light rollback strategy. They also recommend additional steps, such as rebalancing counterterrorism efforts to address grievances, loosening restrictions on U.S. military operations, increasing U.S. military posture in Africa, and tightening restrictions in the Islamic State's internet access"--Publisher's web site
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