Title War by other means [electronic resource] : building complete and balanced capabilities for counterinsurgency / David C. Gompert and John Gordon IV ; with Adam Grissom [and others].

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Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corp., 2008.

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Description	1 online resource (lxiii, 453 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Series	Rand counterinsurgency study ; final rept.
	Rand counterinsurgency study ; final rept.
Note	"RAND National Defense Research Institute."
	"MG-595/2-OSD"--Page 4 of cover.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-453).
Contents	Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One -- Defining the Problem; Chapter Two -- Framing the Problem; Chapter Three -- Countering Type III Insurgency; Chapter Four -- Overview of Capabilities Needed to CounterType III Insurgency; Chapter Five -- Civil Capabilities; Chapter Six -- Information Capabilities; Chapter Seven -- Perception and Cognition; Chapter Eight -- General Security Capabilities; Chapter Nine -- Local Security Capabilities; Chapter Ten -- U.S. Security Capabilities; Chapter Eleven -- Multilateral Counterinsurgency.
Summary	The difficulties encountered by the United States in securing Iraq and Afghanistan despite years of effort and staggering costs raises the central question of the RAND Counterinsurgency Study: How should the United States improve its capabilities to counter insurgencies, particularly those that are heavily influenced by transnational terrorist movements and thus linked into a global jihadist network? This capstone volume to the study draws on other reports in the series as well as an examination of 89 insurgencies since World War II, an analysis of the new challenges posed by what is becoming.
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Subject	Counterinsurgency -- United States.
	Insurgency.
	Terrorism -- Prevention.
	Institution building -- Government policy -- United States.
	United States -- Foreign relations -- 2001-2009.
	Islamic fundamentalism -- Political aspects.
	United States -- Military policy -- 21st century.
	Security, International -- 21st century.
	Strategy.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	Gordon, John, 1956-
	National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
Added Title	Building complete and balanced capabilities for counterinsurgency
Other Form:	Print version: Gompert, David C. War by other means. Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corp., 2008 9780833043092 0833043099 (DLC) 2008001580 (OCoLC)190876920
ISBN	9780833045836 (electronic bk.)
	0833045830 (electronic bk.)
	9780833043092 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
	0833043099 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Title War by other means [electronic resource] : building complete and balanced capabilities for counterinsurgency / David C. Gompert and John Gordon IV ; with Adam Grissom [and others].

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