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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: Series: ; (Rand counterinsurgency study ; final report)Publication details: Santa Monica : Rand Corporation, c2008.Description: lxiii, 453 p. ; 30 cmISBN:
  • 9780833043092
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • U 241 .G66 2008 + /PDF/(2.49MB)
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Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: Preface—Figures—Tables—Summary—Acknowledgments—Abbreviations—Part I. The challenge—Chapter 1. Defining the problem—Chapter 2. Framing the problem—Chapter 3. Countering type III insurgency—Part II. Complete and balanced capabilities—Chapter 4. Overview of capabilities needed to counter type III insurgency—Chapter 5. Civil capabilities—Chapter 6. Information Capabilities—Chapter 7. Perception and Cognition—Chapter 8. General security capabilities—Chapter 9. Local security capabilities—Chapter 10. U.S. Security capabilities—Part III. Organizing and investing—Chapter 11. Multilateral counterinsurgency—Chapter 12. Investment priorities—Chapter 13. Organizations unsettled structures for unsettled times—Chapter 14. Implications and recommendations—Appendixes—About the RAND COIN team—Works cited.

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