04177nam 2200805 a 450 991045454460332120200520144314.01-281-73666-X97866117366680-8330-4583-0(CKB)1000000000535215(EBL)357913(OCoLC)476182903(SSID)ssj0000268936(PQKBManifestationID)11217174(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000268936(PQKBWorkID)10235681(PQKB)10685452(MiAaPQ)EBC357913(MiAaPQ)EBC4969971(Au-PeEL)EBL357913(CaPaEBR)ebr10235195(Au-PeEL)EBL4969971(CaONFJC)MIL173666(OCoLC)1027127469(EXLCZ)99100000000053521520080111d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWar by other means[electronic resource] building complete and balanced capabilities for counterinsurgency /David C. Gompert and John Gordon IV ; with Adam Grissom ... [et al.]Santa Monica, CA Rand Corp.20081 online resource (519 p.)Rand counterinsurgency study ;final reportDescription based upon print version of record.0-8330-4309-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 445-453).Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One - Defining the Problem; Chapter Two - Framing the Problem; Chapter Three - Countering Type III Insurgency; Chapter Four - Overview of Capabilities Needed to CounterType III Insurgency; Chapter Five - Civil Capabilities; Chapter Six - Information Capabilities; Chapter Seven - Perception and Cognition; Chapter Eight - General Security Capabilities; Chapter Nine - Local Security Capabilities; Chapter Ten - U.S. Security Capabilities; Chapter Eleven - Multilateral CounterinsurgencyChapter Twelve - Investment PrioritiesChapter Thirteen - Organization: Unsettled Structures forUnsettled Times; Chapter Fourteen - Implications and Recommendations; Appendix A - Eighty-Nine Insurgencies: Outcomes and Endings; Appendix B - Multilateral COIN Capacity; Appendix C - Indicators and Warnings; Appendix D - Ground-Force Tasks and Improvements; About the RAND COIN Team; Works CitedThe difficulties encountered by the United States in securing Iraq and Afghanistan despite years of effort and staggering costs raises the central question of the RAND Counterinsurgency Study: How should the United States improve its capabilities to counter insurgencies, particularly those that are heavily influenced by transnational terrorist movements and thus linked into a global jihadist network? This capstone volume to the study draws on other reports in the series as well as an examination of 89 insurgencies since World War II, an analysis of the new challenges posed by what is becoming Rand counterinsurgency study ;final report.CounterinsurgencyUnited StatesInsurgencyTerrorismPreventionInstitution buildingGovernment policyUnited StatesIslamic fundamentalismPolitical aspectsSecurity, International21st centuryStrategyUnited StatesForeign relations2001-2009United StatesMilitary policy21st centuryElectronic books.CounterinsurgencyInsurgency.TerrorismPrevention.Institution buildingGovernment policyIslamic fundamentalismPolitical aspects.Security, InternationalStrategy.355.02/180973Gompert David C675666Gordon John1956-984821MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454544603321War by other means2485238UNINA