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Record Nr.

UNINA9910219960603321

Autore

Gompert David C

Titolo

Heads we win : the cognitive side of counterinsurgency (COIN) / / David C. Gompert ; prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, CA, : RAND National Defense Research Institute, 2007

ISBN

1-281-18120-X

9786611181208

0-8330-4280-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (81 p.)

Collana

Rand counterinsurgency study ; ; paper 1

Occasional paper ; ; OP-168-OSD

Disciplina

355.02/18

Soggetti

Counterinsurgency - Psychological aspects

Jihad

Terrorism - Prevention

United States Military policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-62).

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures and Table; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One - Introduction: Purpose, Scope, and Definitions; Chapter Two - The Mind as Central Front; Chapter Three - Reordering COIN Priorities; Chapter Four - Thoughts of the Jihad; Chapter Five - Closing the Gap; Chapter Six - Cognitive Requirements in Global COIN; Chapter Seven - Cognitive Capabilities for COIN; Understanding Global Insurgency; Global COIN-Shaping Strategy; Global COIN Operations; Chapter Eight - Conclusions: Investment and Reform

Appendix - Investments and Measures to Enhance Cognitive COIN CapabilitiesBibliography

Sommario/riassunto

Current U.S. counterinsurgency (COIN) strategy has relied heavily on the use of force against Islamist insurgents-a tactic that has increased their ranks. What is needed instead are stronger cognitive capabilities that will enable more effective COIN against an elusive, decentralized, and highly motivated insurgency-capabilities that will enable the United States to "fight smarter." Cognitive COIN goes beyond information



technology and encompasses comprehension, reasoning, and decisionmaking, the components that are most effective against an enemy that is quick to adapt, transform, and regener