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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
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Summary:"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 have become increasingly salient. This study examines eight cases of local defense forces used in the context of counterinsurgency in Indochina, Algeria, South Vietnam, Oman, El Salvador, Southern Lebanon, Afghanistan, and Iraq. It covers an extensive time period (from 1945 to the present) and geographic scope, as well as a wide range of intervening countries and regimes, including the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Israel, and the Soviet Union. The authors compare the lessons learned from these eight cases and apply them to the current development of the ALP, in order to outline potential challenges and to suggest a way forward that takes into account the historical experience."--P. [4] of cover.
Item Description:"MG-1232-CFSOCC-A" --P. [4] of cover.
"Prepared for the Special Operations Joint Task Force--Afghanistan."
"RAND National Defense Research Institute."
Physical Description:xxii, 208 pages ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-208).
ISBN:9780833076595 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0833076590 (pbk. : alk. paper)