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Resolving insurgencies /

Understanding how insurgencies may be brought to a successful conclusion is vital to military strategists and policymakers. This study examines how past insurgencies have ended and how current ones may be resolved. Four ways in which insurgencies have ended are identified. Clear-cut victories for ei...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mockaitis, Thomas R., 1955-
Corporate Author: Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute
Format: Government Document eBook
Language:English
Published: Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, [2011]
Subjects:
Insurgency > Case studies.
Counterinsurgency > Case studies.
Online Access:https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo9637
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Approach
  • Insurgency
  • Chronic insurgency and shadow governance
  • Counterinsurgency
  • Historical analysis : four different outcomes
  • Lessons
  • A strategy of co-option
  • Implications for Iraq and Afghanistan
  • Conclusion.