| Description |
1 online resource (xxxiii, 194 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps, digital, PDF file. |
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text file PDF |
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Rand Corporation monograph series
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Rand Corporation monograph series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-194). |
| Contents |
What is the long war? -- Who is involved in the long war? -- What will affect the way the long war unfolds? -- How might the long war unfold? -- What does this mean for the Army? -- Observations on the long war -- Appendix: A. Short descriptions of ideology, governance, and terrorism -- B. The use of civilizational conflict when describing the long war -- C. Interpreting the influence diagram -- D. Relating long war strategies to grand strategies -- E. Location of oil and natural gas resources -- F. Demographic trends and factors -- G. Water in the Middle East. |
| Summary |
The United States is currently engaged in a military effort that has been characterized as the "long war." This study explores the concept of long war and identifies ways in which it might unfold as well as the implications for the Army and the U.S. military more generally. This report uses the generation of either "trajectories" or alternative paths in which the long war might unfold to explore the implications for the U.S. military. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United States. Army -- Planning.
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United States. Army. |
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Planning. |
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United States -- Military policy -- Forecasting.
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United States. |
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Military policy. |
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Forecasting. |
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Islamic countries -- Military relations -- United States -- Forecasting.
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Islamic countries. |
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Military relations. |
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United States -- Military relations -- Islamic countries -- Forecasting.
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War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 -- Forecasting.
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War on Terrorism (2001-2009) |
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Military planning -- United States.
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Military planning. |
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United States.
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| Chronological Term |
2001-2009 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Academic theses.
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Academic theses.
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| Added Author |
Pernin, Christopher G., 1973-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Unfolding the future of the long war. Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corp., 2008 9780833046314 (DLC) 2008050573 (OCoLC)277040840 |
| ISBN |
083304673X (electronic book) |
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9780833046734 (electronic book) |
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1282033379 |
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9781282033375 |
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9780833046314 |
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0833046314 |
| Report No. |
RAND/MG-738-A |
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