Victory has a thousand fathers : sources of success in counterinsurgency / Christopher Paul, Colin P. Clarke, Beth Grill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paul, Christopher, 1971-

Contributor:

Clarke, Colin P.

Grill, Beth.

Rand Corporation.

National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)

Series:

Rand Corporation monograph series ; MG-964-OSD.

Rand Corporation monograph series ; MG-964-OSD

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Counterinsurgency--Case studies.

Counterinsurgency.

Insurgency--Case studies.

Insurgency.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xxx, 157 pages ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

Sources of success in counterinsurgency

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, [2010]

Summary:

"This monograph describes the qualitative comparative approach, presents findings from the overall analyses, and explains the study's case selection and methodology. It also presents an overview and in-depth assessments of the key approaches, practices, and factors that feature prominentlyin successful COIN operations. A companion volume, Victory Has a Thousand Fathers: Detailed Counterinsurgency Case Studies, includes detailed case histories for each of the COIN campaigns examined in the analyses. The full case data can be downloaded at http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG964 ."--P. iii

Contents:

Introduction

The cases

Testing the approaches to counterinsurgency

Broader findings

Conclusions and recommendations.

Notes:

"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-152).

ISBN:

9780833049612

0833049615

OCLC:

654417536