Locals rule : historical lessons for creating local defense forces for Afghanistan and beyond /

"Local defense forces have played a key role in counterinsurgencies throughout the 20th century. With the recent development of the Afghan Local Police (ALP) as a major part of the U.S.-led counterinsurgency campaign in Afghanistan, lessons learned from earlier efforts to build local defense ha...

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Bibliographic Details

Corporate Author:	National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
Other Authors:	Long, Austin G.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2012.
Series:	Rand Corporation monograph series.
Subjects:	Counterinsurgency > Case studies. Paramilitary forces > Case studies. Militia > Case studies. Combined operations (Military science) > Case studies. Internal security > Case studies.
Online Access:	Link to electronic resource (Summary)