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Record Nr.

UNINA9910220106103321

Autore

Rosenau William

Titolo

Subversion and insurgency / / William Rosenau

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, CA, : Rand, c2007

ISBN

1-281-18121-8

9786611181215

0-8330-4281-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (33 p.)

Collana

Rand counterinsurgency study ; ; paper 2

Occasional paper ; ; OP-172-OSD

Disciplina

327.12

Soggetti

Insurgency

Subversive activities

Counterinsurgency

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"National Defense Research Institute."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 19-24).

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Preface; Contents; Acknowledgments; Subversion and Insurgency1; Introduction; Defining Subversion; Forms of Subversion; Case Studies in Subversion; Preliminary Policy Recommendations; Civil Liberties and Countersubversion; Conclusion; Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

The conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have generated intense interest in counterinsurgency within the U.S. armed forces, the intelligence community, the State Department, and the Department of Defense. However, subversion-a critical part of the repertoire of many insurgent groups-remains a neglected subject. This paper presents a set of case studies to explore the elements of subversion in-depth. It discusses preliminary ideas for combating subversive activities in the context of the "long war" against violent Islamist extremism and concludes with a discussion of how American support for count