On "other war" lessons from five decades of RAND counterinsurgency research

The challenges posed by insurgency and instability have proved difficult to surmount. This difficulty may embolden future opponents to embrace insurgency in combating the United States. Both the current and future conduct of the war on terror demand that the United States improve its ability to cond...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Long, Austin (-)
Autores Corporativos: United States. Department of Defense (-), National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, National Defense Research Institute 2006.
Colección:JSTOR Open Access monographs.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Sumario:The challenges posed by insurgency and instability have proved difficult to surmount. This difficulty may embolden future opponents to embrace insurgency in combating the United States. Both the current and future conduct of the war on terror demand that the United States improve its ability to conduct counterinsurgency (COIN) operations. This study makes recommendations for improving COIN based on RAND's decades-long study of it.
Notas:"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."
"MG-482-OSD"--Page 4 of cover.
Descripción Física:1 recurso electrónico (xvii, 101 p.) : il
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
Bibliografía:Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 85-101).
ISBN:9780833041104
9780833041166