Improving the U.S. military's understanding of unstable environments vulnerable to violent extremist groups : insights from social science /

For over a decade, operations associated with irregular warfare have placed large demands on U.S. ground forces and have led to development of new Army and Joint doctrine. This report helps analysts identify and assess twelve key factors that create and perpetuate environments susceptible to insurge...

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Main Author: Thaler, David E.
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, [2013]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:For over a decade, operations associated with irregular warfare have placed large demands on U.S. ground forces and have led to development of new Army and Joint doctrine. This report helps analysts identify and assess twelve key factors that create and perpetuate environments susceptible to insurgency, terrorism, and other extremist violence and instability to inform military decisions on allocation of analytic and security assistance resources.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780833084231
0833084232
9780833084217
0833084216