How insurgencies end.

How insurgencies end.

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"Insurgencies have dominated the focus of the U.S. military for the past seven years, but they have a much longer history than that and are likely to figure prominently in future U.S. military operations. Thus, the general characteristics of insurgencies and, more important, how they end are of...

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Main Author: Connable, Ben
Corporate Author: National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
Other Authors: Libicki, Martin C.
Other title:Radar 20100525.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, Ca. : RAND Corporation, National Defense Research Institute, ©2010.
Subjects:
Insurgency > Case studies.
Insurgency > Statistics.
Counterinsurgency.
Insurgency.
Case studies.
Statistics.
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE
  • Introduction; Purpose of This Monograph; A Note on Contemporary Threats and Operations; Research Approach; Graphs Used in This Monograph; Conventional Wisdom; How This Monograph Is Organized; CHAPTER TWO
  • Classifying Outcomes and Selecting Cases; Outcomes; Type I: Government Loss; Type II: Government Victory; Type III: Mixed (Stalemate/Negotiated Settlement); Type IV: Inconclusive or Ongoing Outcome; The Tipping Point: Explanation by Way of Example; Key Indicators: A Note of Caution.
  • CHAPTER THREE
  • Assessments of Insurgency Endings: Time and External FactorsAssessments of Time and External Factors; Duration of Conflict; Sanctuary Available; Outside Intervention in Support of Government; Outside Intervention in Support of Insurgencies; CHAPTER FOUR
  • Assessments of Insurgency Endings: Internal Factors; Structure; Thailand and the BRN and the P ULO; Urbanization; Uruguay and the Tupamaros; Insurgent Use of Terrorism; Insurgent Strength; System of Government; CHAPTER FIVE
  • Assessments of Insurgency Endings: Other Factors; Force Ratios; Civil-Defense Forces.
  • CHAPTER SIX
  • ConclusionsAPPENDIX A
  • Case Studies: Methodology; APPENDIX B
  • Supplemental Findings; APPENDIX C
  • Multivariate Regression Analysis; APPENDIX D
  • Insurgencies Not Examined for This Publication; APPENDIX E
  • Categories Used for the Spring 2006 Survey; APPENDIX F
  • Unavoidable Ambiguities; APPENDIX G
  • Questions Used for the Autumn 2006 Survey; Glossary; Bibliography.

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