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"This monograph presents detailed case histories for each of the COIN [counterinsurgency] campaigns examined in the analysis. A companion volume, Victory Has a Thousand Fathers: Sources of Success in Counterinsurgency, describes the qualitative comparative approach, presents findings from the o...

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Main Author: Paul, Christopher, 1971-
Corporate Authors: United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense, National Defense Research Institute (U.S.), JSTOR (Organization)
Other Authors: Clarke, Colin P., Grill, Beth
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA : RAND National Defense Research Institute, 2010.
Series:Rand Corporation monograph series ; MG-964-1 OSD.
Subjects:
Counterinsurgency > Case studies.
Insurgency > Case studies.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Security (National & International)
Counterinsurgency.
Insurgency.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"This monograph presents detailed case histories for each of the COIN [counterinsurgency] campaigns examined in the analysis. A companion volume, Victory Has a Thousand Fathers: Sources of Success in Counterinsurgency, describes the qualitative comparative approach, presents findings from the overall analyses, and explains the study's case selection and methodology in more detail. It also presents an overview and in-depth assessments of the key approaches, practices, and factors that feature prominently in successful COIN operations. The full case data can be downloaded at http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG964/."--Page iii.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxi, 327 pages) : color maps.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-327).
ISBN:9780833050793
0833050796