How insurgencies end

"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.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, Ca. : RAND Corporation, National Defense Research Institute, ©2010.
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505 0 |a 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 
505 8 |a 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 
505 8 |a 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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