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Record Nr.

UNINA9910220079203321

Autore

Paul Christopher

Titolo

Victory has a thousand fathers : detailed counterinsurgency case studies / / Christopher Paul, Colin P. Clarke, Beth Grill

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, Calif., : RAND National Defence Research Institute, 2010

ISBN

1-282-94054-6

9786612940545

0-8330-5079-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (352 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ClarkeColin P

GrillBeth

Disciplina

355.02/18

355.0218

Soggetti

Counterinsurgency

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defence."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Abbreviations; Detailed Overviews of 30 Counterinsurgency Cases; Nicaragua (Somoza), 1978-1979; Afghanistan (Anti-Soviet), 1978-1992; Kampuchea, 1978-1992; El Salvador, 1979-1992; Somalia, 1980-1991; Peru, 1980-1992; Nicaragua (Contras), 1981-1990; Senegal, 1982-2002; Turkey (PKK), 1984-1999; Sudan (SPLA), 1984-2004; Uganda (ADF), 1986-2000; Papua New Guinea, 1988-1998; Liberia, 1989-1997; Rwanda, 1990-1994; Moldova, 1990-1992; Sierra Leone, 1991-2002; Algeria (GIA), 1992-2004; Croatia, 1992-1995

Afghanistan (Post-Soviet), 1992-1996Tajikistan, 1992-1997; Georgia/Abkhazia, 1992-1994; Nagorno-Karabakh, 1992-1994; Bosnia, 1992-1995; Burundi, 1993-2003; Chechnya I, 1994-1996; Afghanistan (Taliban), 1996-2001; Zaire (Anti-Mobutu), 1996-1997; Kosovo, 1996-1999; Nepal, 1997-2006; Democratic Republic of the Congo (Anti-Kabila), 1998-2003; References; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

A collection of the 30 most recent resolved insurgencies, covering the period 1978 to 2008, along with a bank of 76 factors that helped or hindered the COIN force in each case and in each phase of each case,



supplements an analysis of historical and contemporary insurgencies, providing valuable lessons for U.S. engagement in and support for COIN operations.