Description |
xxi, 327 pages : color maps ; 23 cm |
Series |
Rand Corporation monograph series ; MG-964-1 OSD |
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Rand Corporation monograph series ; MG-964-1 OSD
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Contents |
Detailed overviews of 30 counterinsurgency cases -- Nicaragua (Somoza), 1978-1979 -- Afghanistan (anti-Soviet), 1978-1992 -- Kampuchea, 1978-1992 -- El Salvador, 1979-1992 -- Somalia, 1980-1991 -- Peru, 1980-1992 -- Nicaragua (Contras), 1981-1990 -- Senegal, 1982-2002 -- Turkey (PKK), 1984-1999 -- Sudan (SPLA), 1984-2004 -- Uganda (ADF), 1986-2000 -- Papua New Guinea, 1988-1998 -- Liberia, 1989-1997 - Rwanda, 1990-1994 -- Moldova, 1990-1992 -- Sierra Leona, 1991-2002 -- Algeria (GIA), 1992-2004 -- Croatia, 1992-1995 -- Afghanistan (post-Soviet), 1992-1996 -- Tajikistan, 1992-1997 -- Georgia/Abkhazia, 1992-1994 -- Nagorno-Karabakh, 1992-1994 --Bosnia, 1992-1995 -- Burundi, 1993-2003 -- Chechnya I, 1994-1996 -- Afghanistan (Taliban), 1996-2001 -- Zaire (anti-Mobuto), 1996-1997 -- Kosovo, 1996-1999 -- Nepal, 1997-2006 --Democratic Republic of the Congo (anti-Kabila), 1998-2003 |
Summary |
"This monograph presents detailed case histories for each of the COIN [counterinsurgency] campaigns examined in the analysis. A companion volume, Victory Has a Thousand Fathers: Sources of Success in Counterinsurgency, describes the qualitative comparative approach, presents findings from the overall analyses, and explains the study's case selection and methodology in more detail. It also presents an overview and in-depth assessments of the key approaches, practices, and factors that feature prominently in successful COIN operations. The full case data can be downloaded at http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG964/." --P. iii |
Notes |
"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense." |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-327) |
Notes |
Also available in an electronic version via the Internet. Address as at 11/11/2010: http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2010/RAND_MG964.1.pdf |
Subject |
Counterinsurgency -- Case studies.
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Insurgency -- Case studies.
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Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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Author |
Clarke, Colin P.
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Grill, Beth.
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National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
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Rand Corporation.
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ISBN |
0833049674 |
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9780833049674 |
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