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Victory has a thousand fathers : detailed counterinsurgency case studies / Christopher Paul, Colin P. Clarke, Beth Grill

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Paul, Christopher, 1971-
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Detailed counterinsurgency case studies
Published
Santa Monica, CA : RAND National Defense Research Institute, 2010.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xxi, 327 pages) : color maps
Additional Creators
Clarke, Colin P., Grill, Beth, United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense, and National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
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Contents
Detailed overviews of 30 counterinsurgency cases -- Nicaragua (Somoza), 1978-1979 -- Afghanistan (anti-Soviet), 1978-1992 -- Kampuchea, 1978-1992 -- El Salvador, 1979-1992 -- Somalia, 1980-1991 -- Peru, 1980-1992 -- Nicaragua (Contras), 1981-1990 -- Senegal, 1982-2002 -- Turkey (PKK), 1984-1999 -- Sudan (SPLA), 1984-2004 -- Uganda (ADF), 1986-2000 -- Papua New Guinea, 1988-1998 -- Liberia, 1989-1997 -- Rwanda, 1990-1994 -- Moldova, 1990-1992 -- Sierra Leone, 1991-2002 -- Algeria (GIA), 1992-2004 -- Croatia, 1992-1995 -- Afghanistan (post-Soviet), 1992-1996 -- Tajikistan, 1992-1997 -- Georgia/Abkhazia, 1992-1994 -- Nagorno-Karabakh, 1992-1994 --Bosnia, 1992-1995 -- Burundi, 1993-2003 -- Chechnya I, 1994-1996 -- Afghanistan (Taliban), 1996-2001 -- Zaire (anti-Mobutu), 1996-1997 -- Kosovo, 1996-1999 -- Nepal, 1997-2006 --Democratic Republic of the Congo (anti-Kabila), 1998-2003.
Summary
"This monograph presents detailed case histories for each of the COIN [counterinsurgency] campaigns examined in the analysis. A companion volume, Victory Has a Thousand Fathers: Sources of Success in Counterinsurgency, describes the qualitative comparative approach, presents findings from the overall analyses, and explains the study's case selection and methodology in more detail. It also presents an overview and in-depth assessments of the key approaches, practices, and factors that feature prominently in successful COIN operations. The full case data can be downloaded at http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG964/."--Page iii.
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ISBN
9780833050793 (electronic bk.)
0833050796 (electronic bk.)
9780833049674
0833049674
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-327).
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