Understanding proto-insurgencies / / Daniel Byman
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| Autore: |
Byman Daniel <1967->
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| Titolo: |
Understanding proto-insurgencies / / Daniel Byman
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| Pubblicazione: | Santa Monica, CA, : Rand Corp., 2007 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (75 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 355.02/18 |
| Soggetto topico: | Counterinsurgency |
| Insurgency | |
| Terrorism - Prevention | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Foreign relations |
| United States Influence | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Preface; Contents; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One - Introduction; Chapter Two - Terrorism, Insurgency, and Proto-Insurgency; Chapter Three - The Role of Violence; Chapter Four - The Proto-Insurgent's Tasks; Identity Creation; Finding an Appealing Cause; The Role of Social Services; Relations with Rivals; Hiding and Sanctuary; The Role of Outside Support; Chapter Five - The Role of the State; When Does Control Work?; Chapter Six - Defeating Proto-Insurgencies; General Recommendations for Defeating Proto-Insurgencies; Recommendations for the United States |
| The Risks of SuccessFinal Thoughts; Appendix A - Three Cases of Proto-Insurgent Success and Failure; Appendix B - Applying the Proto-Insurgency Concept to Saudi Arabia Today; Appendix C - Proto-Insurgency Indicators; Bibliography | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | To gain the size and capabilities of an insurgency, a would-be insurgent movement must create a politically relevant identity; it must espouse a cause that is popular beyond the group; it must gain dominance over rival organizations; and it must find a sanctuary that provides respite from police, intelligence, and military services. Violence is instrumental in all the tasks proto-insurgencies seek to accomplish. However, violence can also backfire on them, since few people support it. Support from outside states offers numerous advantages to groups seeking to become insurgencies. It can provid |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Understanding proto-insurgencies |
| ISBN: | 1-281-18122-6 |
| 9786611181222 | |
| 0-8330-4282-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910220082303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Rand counterinsurgency study. . -Paper ; ; 3.
Occasional paper (Rand Corporation) ; ; OP-178.