Paths to victory : lessons from modern insurgencies /
When a country is threatened by an insurgency, what efforts give its government the best chance of prevailing? Contemporary discourse on this subject is voluminous and often contentious. Advice for the counterinsurgent is often based on little more than common sense, a general understanding of histo...
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Santa Monica, CA :
RAND Corporation,
[2013]
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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| Series: | Research report (Rand Corporation) ;
RR-291/1-OSD. |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- The cases
- Considering the "right" cases : identifying relevant subsamples
- Testing concepts for counterinsurgency
- Broader findings
- Results for motive-focused, iron first, and external-actor cases
- Conclusions and recommendations.