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American guerrillas : from the French and Indian Wars to Iraq and Afghanistan--how Americans fight unconventional wars / / Thomas D. Mays
| American guerrillas : from the French and Indian Wars to Iraq and Afghanistan--how Americans fight unconventional wars / / Thomas D. Mays |
| Autore | Mays Thomas D. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Guilford, Connecticut : , : Lyons Press, , [2017] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (281 pages) |
| Disciplina | 355.02/180973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Guerrillas - United States
War - United States |
| ISBN |
1-4930-2229-6
1-4930-2230-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Now we have just cause to destroy them by all means possible -- No army can subsist in this country without rangers -- An unfair way of carrying on a war -- Tarleton's quarter -- The Kentucky reinforcement, in whom so much reliance had been placed, ingloriously fled -- Swamp Fox rangers -- I ain't killed but thirty-two men since this war commenced -- We must act with vindictive earnestness against the Sioux -- All I want to hear are booms from the Burma jungle -- Bamboo telegraph -- To kill them, you'll have to kill me first -- Conclusion. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910162825903321 |
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| Guilford, Connecticut : , : Lyons Press, , [2017] | ||
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Countering others' insurgencies : understanding U.S. small-footprint interventions in local context
| Countering others' insurgencies : understanding U.S. small-footprint interventions in local context |
| Autore | Watts Stephen |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Place of publication not identified], : Rand, 2014 |
| Disciplina | 355.02/180973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Counterinsurgency - Government policy - United States
Counterinsurgency - Philippines Counterinsurgency - Pakistan Military & Naval Science Law, Politics & Government Military Science - General |
| ISBN | 0-8330-8553-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910219980903321 |
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Watts Stephen
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| [Place of publication not identified], : Rand, 2014 | ||
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Embracing the fog of war [[electronic resource] ] : assessment and metrics in counterinsurgency / / Ben Connable
| Embracing the fog of war [[electronic resource] ] : assessment and metrics in counterinsurgency / / Ben Connable |
| Autore | Connable Ben |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, Calif., : RAND, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (341 p.) |
| Disciplina | 355.02/180973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Counterinsurgency - United States - Evaluation
Counterinsurgency - Afghanistan - Evaluation Counterinsurgency - Vietnam - Evaluation |
| ISBN | 0-8330-6840-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables and Text Boxes; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction; Background; Differences Between Campaign Assessment and Intelligence Analysis; The Role and Purpose of Military Campaign Assessment; Dissatisfaction with Counterinsurgency Campaign Assessment; Literature Review; Research Methodology; Issues Not Addressed; Organization of This Monograph; CHAPTER TWO: Concepts That Shape Counterinsurgency Assessment; Policy Requirements and Counterinsurgency Assessment; Wicked Problems and Counterinsurgency
Complex Adaptive Systems, Nonlinearity, and ChaosMilitary Doctrine and the COIN Environment; Chapter Summary; CHAPTER THREE: Centralized Assessment Theory and Pattern and Trend Analysis; Centralized Quantitative Assessment; Differences Between Scientific Research and Campaign Assessment; Applying Scientific Rigor to Assessment; Time-Series Analysis; Time-Series Graphs in Military Assessment; Retroactively Adjusting Time-Series Analysis and Assessment; Pattern and Trend Analysis; Chapter Summary; CHAPTER FOUR: The Effects-Based Approach to Assessment What Is Effects-Based Operations Theory and How Does It Shape Assessment?Introduction to Effects-Based Operations; Elements of Effects-Based Theory: Definitions and System-of-Systems Analysis; Effects-Based Assessment.; Measures and Indicators; Doctrinal Effects-Based Assessment Process: Overview; Selecting Measures and Indicators; Weighting the Assessment; Determining Thresholds for Indicators; Examples of Color-Coded Reports; Chapter Summary; CHAPTER FIVE: Choosing Core Metrics; Choosing "Metrics" and Determining Values; Considerations for Selecting Core Metrics Example of a Core Metric: First-to-Fire IndicatorExample of Input Measures of Performance or Indicators; Example of Output Measures of Effectiveness or Indicators; Example of Measures of Effectiveness and Indicators from Doctrine; Chapter Summary; CHAPTER SIX: Vietnam-Era Assessment; Orientation to Vietnam, Circa 1967-1973; Overview of Vietnam-Era Assessment Processes; Thomas C. Thayer and the Southeast Asia Analysis Reports; Limitations of Thayer's Data; The Concept of "Reasonable" Accuracy; Body Counts; The Hamlet Evaluation System; Hamlet Evaluation System Concept and Execution Hamlet Evaluation System Data and AnalysisPattern and Trend Analysis of Vietnam War Data; Casualty Data and Impressionistic Assessment of the Vietnam War; Is Analysis of Vietnam Assessment Germane to Iraq and Afghanistan Assessment?; Chapter Summary; CHAPTER SEVEN: Assessment in Afghanistan; Overview of the Assessment Process in Afghanistan as of Late 2010; Data Management Challenges: The Case of Afghanistan; Problems with the Significant Activities Data Sets; Analysis of the Afghanistan Assessment Process; Chapter Summary CHAPTER EIGHT: Why Does Centralized Assessment Fail in Counterinsurgency? |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910220152203321 |
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Connable Ben
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| Santa Monica, Calif., : RAND, 2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Irregular warfare [[electronic resource] ] : strategy and considerations / / Arnold Milton and Walt Berkovski, editors
| Irregular warfare [[electronic resource] ] : strategy and considerations / / Arnold Milton and Walt Berkovski, editors |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (156 p.) |
| Disciplina | 355.02/180973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
MiltonArnold
BerkovskiWalt GrayColin S |
| Collana | Defense, security and strategies |
| Soggetto topico |
Irregular warfare
Unified operations (Military science) - United States Strategic culture - United States Military doctrine - United States |
| ISBN | 1-61470-854-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Irregular warfare : countering irregular threats : joint operating concept / Department of Defense -- Irregular enemies and the essence of strategy : can the American way of war adapt? / Colin S. Gray. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910698307403321 |
| New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The new counterinsurgency era [[electronic resource] ] : transforming the U.S. military for modern wars / / David Ucko ; foreword by John A. Nagl
| The new counterinsurgency era [[electronic resource] ] : transforming the U.S. military for modern wars / / David Ucko ; foreword by John A. Nagl |
| Autore | Ucko David H |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (269 p.) |
| Disciplina | 355.02/180973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Counterinsurgency - United States
Iraq War, 2003-2011 Military planning - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-58901-728-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; List of Abbreviations; 1 Framing the Reorientation; 2 A Troubled History; 3 Revisiting Counterinsurgency; 4 Innovation under Fire; 5 Counterinsurgency and the QDR; 6 FM 3-24 and Operation Fardh Al-Qanoon; 7 The Ambivalence of the "Surge"; 8 Innovation or Inertia; Conclusion: Kicking the Counterinsurgency Syndrome?; Notes; Bibliography; About the Author; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458411503321 |
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Ucko David H
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| Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2009 | ||
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The new counterinsurgency era [[electronic resource] ] : transforming the U.S. military for modern wars / / David Ucko ; foreword by John A. Nagl
| The new counterinsurgency era [[electronic resource] ] : transforming the U.S. military for modern wars / / David Ucko ; foreword by John A. Nagl |
| Autore | Ucko David H |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (269 p.) |
| Disciplina | 355.02/180973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Counterinsurgency - United States
Iraq War, 2003-2011 Military planning - United States |
| ISBN | 1-58901-728-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; List of Abbreviations; 1 Framing the Reorientation; 2 A Troubled History; 3 Revisiting Counterinsurgency; 4 Innovation under Fire; 5 Counterinsurgency and the QDR; 6 FM 3-24 and Operation Fardh Al-Qanoon; 7 The Ambivalence of the "Surge"; 8 Innovation or Inertia; Conclusion: Kicking the Counterinsurgency Syndrome?; Notes; Bibliography; About the Author; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791258303321 |
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Ucko David H
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| Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2009 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The new counterinsurgency era [[electronic resource] ] : transforming the U.S. military for modern wars / / David Ucko ; foreword by John A. Nagl
| The new counterinsurgency era [[electronic resource] ] : transforming the U.S. military for modern wars / / David Ucko ; foreword by John A. Nagl |
| Autore | Ucko David H |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (269 p.) |
| Disciplina | 355.02/180973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Counterinsurgency - United States
Iraq War, 2003-2011 Military planning - United States |
| ISBN | 1-58901-728-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; List of Abbreviations; 1 Framing the Reorientation; 2 A Troubled History; 3 Revisiting Counterinsurgency; 4 Innovation under Fire; 5 Counterinsurgency and the QDR; 6 FM 3-24 and Operation Fardh Al-Qanoon; 7 The Ambivalence of the "Surge"; 8 Innovation or Inertia; Conclusion: Kicking the Counterinsurgency Syndrome?; Notes; Bibliography; About the Author; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819929403321 |
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Ucko David H
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| Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2009 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A question of command [[electronic resource] ] : counterinsurgency from the Civil War to Iraq / / Mark Moyar ; foreword by Donald Kagan and Frederick Kagan
| A question of command [[electronic resource] ] : counterinsurgency from the Civil War to Iraq / / Mark Moyar ; foreword by Donald Kagan and Frederick Kagan |
| Autore | Moyar Mark <1971-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (384 p.) |
| Disciplina | 355.02/180973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
KaganDonald
KaganFrederick |
| Collana | Yale library of military history |
| Soggetto topico |
Counterinsurgency - History
Counterinsurgency - United States - History Command of troops |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-35328-4
9786612353284 0-300-15601-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Leader-Centric Warfare -- 2. The Civil War -- 3. Reconstruction in the South -- 4. The Philippine Insurrection -- 5. The Huk Rebellion -- 6. The Malayan Emergency -- 7. The Vietnam War -- 8. The Salvadoran Insurgency -- 9. The War in Afghanistan -- 10. The Iraq War -- 11. How to Win -- Appendix: Counterinsurgency Leadership Survey -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456816103321 |
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Moyar Mark <1971->
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| New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2009 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A question of command [[electronic resource] ] : counterinsurgency from the Civil War to Iraq / / Mark Moyar ; foreword by Donald Kagan and Frederick Kagan
| A question of command [[electronic resource] ] : counterinsurgency from the Civil War to Iraq / / Mark Moyar ; foreword by Donald Kagan and Frederick Kagan |
| Autore | Moyar Mark <1971-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (384 p.) |
| Disciplina | 355.02/180973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
KaganDonald
KaganFrederick |
| Collana | Yale library of military history |
| Soggetto topico |
Counterinsurgency - History
Counterinsurgency - United States - History Command of troops |
| ISBN |
1-282-35328-4
9786612353284 0-300-15601-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Leader-Centric Warfare -- 2. The Civil War -- 3. Reconstruction in the South -- 4. The Philippine Insurrection -- 5. The Huk Rebellion -- 6. The Malayan Emergency -- 7. The Vietnam War -- 8. The Salvadoran Insurgency -- 9. The War in Afghanistan -- 10. The Iraq War -- 11. How to Win -- Appendix: Counterinsurgency Leadership Survey -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780648203321 |
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Moyar Mark <1971->
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| New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2009 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A question of command [[electronic resource] ] : counterinsurgency from the Civil War to Iraq / / Mark Moyar ; foreword by Donald Kagan and Frederick Kagan
| A question of command [[electronic resource] ] : counterinsurgency from the Civil War to Iraq / / Mark Moyar ; foreword by Donald Kagan and Frederick Kagan |
| Autore | Moyar Mark <1971-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (384 p.) |
| Disciplina | 355.02/180973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
KaganDonald
KaganFrederick |
| Collana | Yale library of military history |
| Soggetto topico |
Counterinsurgency - History
Counterinsurgency - United States - History Command of troops |
| ISBN |
1-282-35328-4
9786612353284 0-300-15601-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Leader-Centric Warfare -- 2. The Civil War -- 3. Reconstruction in the South -- 4. The Philippine Insurrection -- 5. The Huk Rebellion -- 6. The Malayan Emergency -- 7. The Vietnam War -- 8. The Salvadoran Insurgency -- 9. The War in Afghanistan -- 10. The Iraq War -- 11. How to Win -- Appendix: Counterinsurgency Leadership Survey -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820703903321 |
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Moyar Mark <1971->
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| New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2009 | ||
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