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Author Paul, Christopher, 1971- author.

Title Paths to victory : detailed insurgency case studies / Christopher Paul, Colin P. Clarke, Beth Grill, Molly Dunigan.

Publication Info. Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, [2013]
©2013

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Description 1 online resource (xxxvii, 468 pages) : color illustrations, color maps.
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
text file PDF rda
Series Rand Corporation research report series ; RR-291/2-OSD
Research report (Rand Corporation) ; RR-291/2-OSD.
Note "National Defense Research Institute."
"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-468).
Contents Detailed overviews of 41 insurgency cases. UK in Palestine, 1944-1947 -- Greece, 1945-1949 -- Indochina, 1946-1954 -- Philippines (Huk Rebellion), 1946-1956 -- Colombia ("La Violencia"), 1948-1958 -- Malaya, 1948-1955 -- Kenya, 1952-1956 -- Algerian Independence, 1954-1962 -- Cyprus, 1955-1959 -- Cuba, 1956-1959 -- Oman (Imamate Uprising), 1957-1959 -- Indonesia (Darul Islam), 1958-1962 -- Tibet, 1956-1974 -- Guatemala, 1960-1996 -- Laos, 1959-1975 -- Namibia, 1960-1989 -- South Africa, 1960-1990 -- South Vietnam, 1960-1975 -- Eritrea, 1961-1991 -- Iraqi Kurdistan, 1961-1975 -- Angolan Independence, 1961-1974 -- Guinea-Bissau, 1962-1974 -- Mozambican Independence, 1962-1974 -- Yemen, 1962-1970 -- Uruguay, 1963-1972 -- Oman (Dhofar Rebellion), 1965-1975 -- Zimbabwe/Rhodesia, 1965-1980 -- Argentina, 1969-1979 -- Cambodia, 1967-1975 -- Northern Ireland, 1969-1999 -- Jordan, 1970-1971 -- Bangladesh, 1971 -- Philippines (MNLF), 1971-1996 -- Baluchistan, 1973-1978 -- Angola (UNITA), 1975-2002 -- Indonesia (East Timor), 1975-2000 -- Lebanese Civil War, 1975-1990 -- Western Sahara, 1975-1991 -- Indonesia (Aceh), 1976-2005 -- Mozambique (RENAMO), 1976-1995 -- Sri Lanka, 1976-2009.
Summary In-depth case studies of 41 insurgencies since World War II provide evidence to answer a perennial question in strategic discussions of counterinsurgency: When a country is threatened by an insurgency, what efforts give its government the best chance of prevailing? Each case study breaks the conflict into phases and examines the factors and practices that led to the outcome (insurgent win, counterinsurgent win, or a mixed outcome favoring one side or the other). Detailed analyses of the cases, supplemented by data on 30 previously conducted insurgency case studies (and thus covering all 71 historical insurgencies worldwide since World War II), can be found in the companion volume, Paths to Victory: Lessons from Modern Insurgencies. Collectively, the 71 cases span a vast geographic range (South America, Africa, the Balkans, Central Asia, and the Far East) and include examples of governments that attempted to fight the tide of history -- that is, to quell an anticolonial rebellion or uprisings against apartheid.
Linking Entry Companion publication to: Paths to victory: lessons from modern insurgencies.
Note Online resource; title from PDF title page (RAND, viewed September 27, 2013).
Language English.
Subject Insurgency -- Case studies.
Révoltes -- Études de cas.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Security (National & International)
Insurgency
Military & Naval Science.
Law, Politics & Government.
Military Science - General.
Genre/Form Case studies
Added Author Clarke, Colin P., author.
Grill, Beth, author.
Dunigan, Molly, author.
National Defense Research Institute (U.S.), issuing body.
Rand Corporation, publisher.
Other Form: Print version: Paul, Christopher, 1971- Paths to victory. ©2013 (DLC) 2013950353
Related To Paths to victory: lessons from modern insurgencies (OCoLC)858981605
ISBN 9780833083425 (electronic bk.)
0833083422 (electronic bk.)
9780833081094
0833081098
Standard No. AU@ 000061156701
GBVCP 1008659487

 
    
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