War by other means [[electronic resource] ] : building complete and balanced capabilities for counterinsurgency / / David C. Gompert and John Gordon IV ; with Adam Grissom ... [et al.]
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Gompert David C
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| Titolo: |
War by other means [[electronic resource] ] : building complete and balanced capabilities for counterinsurgency / / David C. Gompert and John Gordon IV ; with Adam Grissom ... [et al.]
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| Pubblicazione: | Santa Monica, CA, : Rand Corp., 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (519 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 355.02/180973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Counterinsurgency - United States |
| Insurgency | |
| Terrorism - Prevention | |
| Institution building - Government policy - United States | |
| Islamic fundamentalism - Political aspects | |
| Security, International - 21st century | |
| Strategy | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Foreign relations 2001-2009 |
| United States Military policy 21st century | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
GordonJohn <1956->
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 445-453). |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 Counterinsurgency |
| Chapter 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 Cited | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | War by other means |
| ISBN: | 1-281-73666-X |
| 9786611736668 | |
| 0-8330-4583-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910454544603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Rand counterinsurgency study ; ; final report.