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Author Glenn, Russell W.

Title Counterinsurgency in a test tube : analyzing the success of the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) / Russell W. Glenn.

Imprint Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corp., 2007.

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Description 1 online resource (xxvii, 159 pages) : color illustrations, color maps
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Note "Prepared for the United States Joint Forces Command."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-159).
Contents Background and brief history of operation Helpem Fren, the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) -- Considering the nature of insurgency and counterinsurgency -- July 2003 Solomon Islands as an insurgency: participant perspectives -- Successful COIN: three crucial conditions -- RAMSI: was it a counterinsurgency? -- Fitting the RAMSI square peg into the world's round holes.
Summary With a matter of weeks to prepare, Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) personnel landed on July 24, 2003, armed for conflict but equally ready to restore peace without firing a shot in anger. RAMSI's aim was to assist the existing government in reestablishing order and rebuilding this island nation plagued by escalating militia violence, crime, and corruption. RAMSI police forces, with the much larger military component in a supporting role, were patrolling the streets alongside their Solomon Islands counterparts on the very day of arrival. This and many other early actions on the part of RAMSI leadership presented a clear and cohesive message that would characterize operations from that day forward: RAMSI had not come to take charge through the use of force, though it had the capability to do so; it had come to assist and protect. This study reviews the remarkable successes, and the few admitted shortcomings, of RAMSI operations through the lens of broader application to current and future counterinsurgency efforts. Foremost among these lessons is the need for consistency of mission and message from leadership down to the lowest echelons of an operation, ensuring that the population is appropriately and consistently informed.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
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Language English.
Subject Counterinsurgency -- Solomon Islands.
Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands, 2003-
Armed Forces -- Operations other than war.
Australia -- Armed Forces -- Foreign service -- Solomon Islands.
New Zealand -- Armed Forces -- Foreign service -- Solomon Islands.
Police -- Solomon Islands.
Intervention (International law) -- Case studies.
Contre-rébellion -- Salomon.
Forces armées -- Opérations autres que la guerre.
Intervention (Droit international) -- Études de cas.
HISTORY.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
Armed Forces -- Foreign service
Armed Forces -- Operations other than war
Counterinsurgency
Intervention (International law)
Police
Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands, 2003-
Australia https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QbtfRv8PPH7gCqhkJ8DK8bM
New Zealand https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QbtfRmXBg7mpKX7p4DJ8Kqp
Solomon Islands https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJvcYyJ7PmQvVvMk9hWqwC
Genre/Form Case studies
Other Form: Print version: Glenn, Russell W. Counterinsurgency in a test tube. Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corp., 2007 9780833040275 0833040278 (DLC) 2007012298 (OCoLC)102510273
ISBN 9780833042637 (electronic bk.)
0833042637 (electronic bk.)
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9781281181053
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9780833040275 (pbk.)
0833040278 (pbk.)
Report No. RAND/MG-551-JFCOM
Standard No. AU@ 000048758113
AU@ 000051320930
DEBBG BV043070417
DEBBG BV044127926
DEBSZ 422159298
GBVCP 1008650021
GBVCP 802401937
NZ1 14239739

 
    
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