03239nam 22005894a 450 991022013520332120200520144314.00-8330-4110-X1-4337-0958-9(CKB)1000000000345700(EBL)300526(OCoLC)476078254(SSID)ssj0000282451(PQKBManifestationID)11233203(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000282451(PQKBWorkID)10317220(PQKB)10984193(MiAaPQ)EBC300526(Au-PeEL)EBL300526(CaPaEBR)ebr10152631(EXLCZ)99100000000034570020060227d2006 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrOn "other war" lessons from five decades of RAND counterinsurgency research /Austin Long1st ed.Santa Monica, CA RAND, National Defense Research Institute20061 online resource (120 p.)"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense.""MG-482-OSD"--P. [4] of cover.0-8330-3926-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 85-101).Preface; Contents; Figures; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE- Introduction; CHAPTER TWO- The Wizards of Less-Than-Armageddon: RAND and COIN; CHAPTER THREE- Analogies and War: Are Theory and Empirics from Prior COIN Relevant?; CHAPTER FOUR- COIN Theory: What Are Insurgencies and How Does One Fight Them?; "Hearts and Minds" Theory: COIN as a Problem of Modernization; Cost/Benefit Theory: Carrots and Sticks for the Rational Peasant; Critiques of Cost/Benefit: Ratcheted Escalation and Marginal Costs; Moving COIN Theory Forward: Is Synthesis Possible?CHAPTER FIVE- The Social Scientists' Wars: RAND and COIN Practice Indicators in COIN; COIN Organization; Amnesty and Reward: Catching More Flies with Honey; Border Security: Morice and McNamara: A Tale of Two Lines; Pacification: All Politics Is Local; CHAPTER SIX- COIN Old and New; Organizing for COIN: Breaking the Interagency Phalanx; Open Arms, Open Wallets: Amnesty and Reward; The Khalilzad Lines? Border Security in Iraq and Afghanistan; An End to Streets Without Joy: Security, Development,and Pacification; Conclusion: Back to the Future?APPENDIX- RAND Counterinsurgency Publications,1955-1995: Selected Annotated Bibliography ReferencesThe term "other war" arose in Vietnam to differentiate pacification operations from the "real war" of conventional search-and-destroy operations. On "Other War" provides an invaluable aid to understanding and developing successful responses to modern counterinsurgency challenges through the lens of experience.CounterinsurgencyCounterinsurgency.355.02/18Long Austin1754924United States.Dept. of Defense.National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910220135203321On "other war"4191445UNINA