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1 online resource (19 pages) |
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Occasional paper ; OP-337-OSD |
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Occasional paper (Rand Corporation) ; OP-337-OSD.
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| Summary |
The previously published RAND monograph, Victory Has a Thousand Fathers: Sources of Success in Counterinsurgency, used detailed case studies of the 30 insurgencies worldwide begun and completed between 1978 and 2008 to analyze correlates of success in counterinsurgency (COIN). A core finding was that a case's score on a scorecard of 15 equally weighted good and 12 equally weighted bad COIN factors and practices perfectly predicted the outcome of those 30 insurgencies. That is, the balance of good and bad factors and practices correlated with either a COIN win (insurgency loss) or a COIN loss (insurgency win) in the overall case. Using the scorecard approach as its foundation, a RAND project sought to extend the findings to the case of Afghanistan in early 2011. The effort involved an expert elicitation, or Delphi, exercise in which experts were asked to make "worst-case" assessments of the factors to complete the scorecard for ongoing operations in Afghanistan. The consensus results revealed that early 2011 Afghanistan scores in the middle of the historical record in terms of COIN wins and losses: its score was lower than that in the lowest-scoring historical COIN win but higher than that in the highest-scoring COIN loss. This suggests an uncertain outcome in Afghanistan, but the findings may help provide additional guidance as operations continue. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 19). |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Abstract; Findings from Previous Research on 30 Years of Insurgency1; The Counterinsurgency Scorecard; Scoring Afghanistan in 2011; Detailed Factors in the Current Case; Afghanistan in Comparison to Specific Historical Cases; Conclusions and Recommendations; Appendix; Details of the Expert Elicitation; The Delphi Method; The RAND Afghanistan Delphi Exercise; Raw Delphi Scores; References. |
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English. |
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Counterinsurgency -- Afghanistan.
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Contre-rébellion -- Afghnistn.
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HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
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COMPUTERS -- Data Modeling & Design.
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Counterinsurgency
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Afghanistan https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJjXpC7xxDYf4fj9jQq4v3
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Military & Naval Science.
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Law - U.S.
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Law, Politics & Government.
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Law - U.S. - General.
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Military Science - General.
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Case studies
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Rand Corporation.
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National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
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| Added Title |
Afghanistan in early 2011 relative to the insurgencies of the past thirty years |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Counterinsurgency Scorecard. Rand Corp 2011 9780833058133 (OCoLC)741548298 |
| ISBN |
9780833058133 (electronic bk.) |
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0833058134 (electronic bk.) |
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9780833058119 (electronic bk.) |
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0833058118 (electronic bk.) |
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1283223074 |
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9781283223072 |
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9786613223074 |
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6613223077 |
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9780833052483 |
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0833052489 |
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GBVCP 1008655821 |
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HEBIS 286065924 |
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