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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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