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Author Connable, Ben

Title How insurgencies end
Published Santa Monica, Ca. : RAND Corporation, National Defense Research Institute, ©2010

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Description 1 PDF file (270 pages)
Contents Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE -- Introduction; Purpose of This Monograph; A Note on Contemporary Threats and Operations; Research Approach; Graphs Used in This Monograph; Conventional Wisdom; How This Monograph Is Organized; CHAPTER TWO -- Classifying Outcomes and Selecting Cases; Outcomes; Type I: Government Loss; Type II: Government Victory; Type III: Mixed (Stalemate/Negotiated Settlement); Type IV: Inconclusive or Ongoing Outcome; The Tipping Point: Explanation by Way of Example; Key Indicators: A Note of Caution
CHAPTER THREE -- Assessments of Insurgency Endings: Time and External FactorsAssessments of Time and External Factors; Duration of Conflict; Sanctuary Available; Outside Intervention in Support of Government; Outside Intervention in Support of Insurgencies; CHAPTER FOUR -- Assessments of Insurgency Endings: Internal Factors; Structure; Thailand and the BRN and the P ULO; Urbanization; Uruguay and the Tupamaros; Insurgent Use of Terrorism; Insurgent Strength; System of Government; CHAPTER FIVE -- Assessments of Insurgency Endings: Other Factors; Force Ratios; Civil-Defense Forces
CHAPTER SIX -- ConclusionsAPPENDIX A -- Case Studies: Methodology; APPENDIX B -- Supplemental Findings; APPENDIX C -- Multivariate Regression Analysis; APPENDIX D -- Insurgencies Not Examined for This Publication; APPENDIX E -- Categories Used for the Spring 2006 Survey; APPENDIX F -- Unavoidable Ambiguities; APPENDIX G -- Questions Used for the Autumn 2006 Survey; Glossary; Bibliography
Summary "Insurgencies have dominated the focus of the U.S. military for the past seven years, but they have a much longer history than that and are likely to figure prominently in future U.S. military operations. Thus, the general characteristics of insurgencies and, more important, how they end are of great interest to U.S. policymakers. This study constitutes the unclassified portion of a two-part study that examines insurgencies in great detail. The research documented in this monograph focuses on insurgency endings generally. Its findings are based on a quantitative examination of 89 cases."
Notes Radar A037025
Title from title screen (viewed May 11, 2010)
"Prepared for the Marine Corps Intelligence Activity."
Mode of access: Online
Subject Insurgency -- Case studies
Insurgency -- Statistics
Counterinsurgency.
Counterinsurgency
Insurgency
Genre/Form Case studies
Statistics
Case studies.
Statistics.
Études de cas.
Statistiques.
Form Electronic book
Author Libicki, Martin C
National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
ISBN 9780833049520
0833049526
Other Titles Radar 20100525
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