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Embracing the fog of war : assessment and metrics in counterinsurgency / / Ben Connable
| Embracing the fog of war : 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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| Santa Monica, Calif., : RAND, 2012 | ||
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General McChrystal's strategic assessment : evaluating the operating environment in Afghanistan in the summer of 2009 / / by Matthew C. Brand
| General McChrystal's strategic assessment : evaluating the operating environment in Afghanistan in the summer of 2009 / / by Matthew C. Brand |
| Autore | Brand Matthew C |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. : , : Air University Press, , [2011] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (138 pages) |
| Collana | Air Force Research Institute papers |
| Soggetto topico |
Military assistance, American - Afghanistan - Evaluation
Counterinsurgency - Afghanistan - Evaluation Afghan War, 2001-2021 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | General McChrystal's strategic assessment |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910701444503321 |
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| Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. : , : Air University Press, , [2011] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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