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  • 1
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    Counterinsurgency in Iraq (2003-2006) / (2008)
    Santa Monica, CA :Rand,
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    UID:
    almahu_9949576923202882
    Format: 1 online resource (135 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 1-281-73664-3 , 9786611736644 , 0-8330-4584-9
    Series Statement: Rand counterinsurgency study ; v. 2
    Content: This monograph outlines strategic considerations relative to counterinsurgency campaigns; presents an overview of the current conflict in Iraq, focusing on counterinsurgency; analyzes counterinsurgency operations in Iraq; presents conclusions about counterinsurgency, based on the U.S. experience in Iraq; describes implications from that experience for future counterinsurgency operations; and offers recommendations to improve the ability of the U.S. government to conduct counterinsurgency in the future. For example, U.S. counterinsurgency experience in Iraq has revealed the need to achieve syne
    Note: Description based upon print version of record. , Summary -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Overview of the conflict in Iraq -- Ba'athist regime -- Invasion of Iraq -- Occupation of Iraq -- First priority : setting up a constitutional government -- Spring -- The spiral downward begins (Spring 2004) -- Benchmark one : holding Iraqi elections -- Islamic extremists and sectarian violence -- A U.S. approach hesitantly unfold -- Armed groups in Iraq -- Overview -- Kurdish separatists -- Sunni Arab insurgents -- Violent extremists -- Shi'ite Arab militias -- Criminal gangs -- Insurgent use of terrorism -- Counterinsurgency in Iraq -- Organization and recognition of the U.S. COIN effort is slow to unfold -- Traditional U.S. military forces may need to be adjusted -- Fallujah -- Tal Afar -- Baghdad -- Air support -- Combatting improvised explosive devices -- Detainee operations -- U.S. development and support of Iraqi forces -- Iraqi police -- Iraqi armed forces -- Assessing progress in counterinsurgency -- Iraqi casualties and displacement -- Iraqi economy -- Iraqi opinion -- Accounting for success and failure -- Understanding Iraqi society -- Little planning for the occupation of Iraq -- The impact of a lack od international support for the war -- The disastrous effects of prematurely dismantling the Ba'athist regime -- The challenge of building a new Iraqi state from scratch -- Instituting a new system of justice -- Undertaking the reconstruction of Iraq -- The consequences of failing to maintain security early on military missions -- Lck of infiltration and tips hinder intelligence on the insurgency -- Building effective capabilities for counterinsurgency -- Use of force -- Public safety and security -- Partnering with and enabling indigenous forces -- Reporting on the enemy and infiltration -- Provision of essential services -- Informing and influencing operations -- Rigorous and coordinated detainee operations -- Recommendations -- Development of strategy -- Coalition-building -- Planning process -- Unity of effort -- Interagency process -- Host-nation governance -- Funding mechanisms -- Counterinsurgency as a mission -- Protection of the indigenous population -- Personnel policy -- U.S. Army special forces -- Partnership with indigenous forces -- Policing functions -- Brigade organization -- Gunship-like capability -- Intelligence collection and sharing. , English
    Additional Edition: ISBN 0-8330-4297-1
    Language: English
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  • 2
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    Thinking about America's defense : an analytical memoir (2008)
    Santa Monica, CA :Rand Corp.,
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    almahu_9949577263002882
    Format: 1 online resource (283 p.)
    ISBN: 1-282-45105-7 , 9786612451058 , 0-8330-4862-7
    Content: Lieutenant General Glenn A. Kent was a uniquely acute analyst and developer of American defense policy in the second half of the twentieth century. His 33-year career in the Air Force was followed by more than 20 years as one of the leading analysts at RAND. This volume is not a memoir in the normal sense but rather a summary of the dozens of national security issues in which Glenn was personally engaged over the course of his career. These issues included creating the single integrated operational plan (SIOP),leading DoD's official assessment of strategic defenses in the 1960s,developing and analyz
    Note: Description based upon print version of record. , Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Boxes; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Foreword - Creating Strategic Analysis: Thomas C. Schelling; Foreword - Putting Analysis to Work: Harold Brown; Introduction: David Ochmanek, Bruce Pirnie, and Michael Spirtas; Chapter One - The Single Integrated Operational Plan; Chapter Two - Nuclear Weapons: Strategy and Arms Control; Chapter Three - Analysis, Force Planning, and the Paradigm forModernizing; Chapter Four - Modernizing Nuclear Forces; Chapter Five - Modernizing Conventional Forces; Chapter Six - Analytical Tools , Chapter Seven - Summing Up: Kent's MaximsChronology; Awards; Bibliography , English
    Additional Edition: ISBN 0-8330-4452-4
    Language: English
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  • 3
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    The future of warfare : issues from the 1999 Army After Next study cycle (2001)
    Santa Monica, Calif. : Rand
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    UID:
    gbv_312658400
    Format: XXIX, 85 S
    ISBN: 0833028243
    Series Statement: MR / Rand 1183
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
    Language: English
    Keywords: USA ; Verteidigung ; Militärische Planung
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    Beyond close air support : forging a new air-ground partnership ; Rand project Air Force (2005)
    Santa Monica, CA [u.a.] : Rand
    Details
    UID:
    gbv_160418521X
    Format: xxvi, 188 p , ill , 23 cm
    ISBN: 9780833037411 , 0833037412
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation monograph series
    Note: "Prepared for the United States Air Force." , Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-188)
    Language: English
    Keywords: USA Air Force ; Erdkampf ; Unterstützung ; Strategie ; Forschungsbericht
    URL: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip055/2004030608.html
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  • 5
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    Counterinsurgency in Iraq (2003-2006) (2008)
    Santa Monica, CA :Rand,
    Details
    UID:
    almahu_9948311751402882
    Format: xxvii, 106 p. : , col. ill.
    Edition: Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
    Series Statement: Rand counterinsurgency study ; v. 2
    Note: Summary -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Overview of the conflict in Iraq -- Ba'athist regime -- Invasion of Iraq -- Occupation of Iraq -- First priority : setting up a constitutional government -- Spring -- The spiral downward begins (Spring 2004) -- Benchmark one : holding Iraqi elections -- Islamic extremists and sectarian violence -- A U.S. approach hesitantly unfold -- Armed groups in Iraq -- Overview -- Kurdish separatists -- Sunni Arab insurgents -- Violent extremists -- Shi'ite Arab militias -- Criminal gangs -- Insurgent use of terrorism -- Counterinsurgency in Iraq -- Organization and recognition of the U.S. COIN effort is slow to unfold -- Traditional U.S. military forces may need to be adjusted -- Fallujah -- Tal Afar -- Baghdad -- Air support -- Combatting improvised explosive devices -- Detainee operations -- U.S. development and support of Iraqi forces -- Iraqi police -- Iraqi armed forces -- Assessing progress in counterinsurgency -- Iraqi casualties and displacement -- Iraqi economy -- Iraqi opinion -- Accounting for success and failure -- Understanding Iraqi society -- Little planning for the occupation of Iraq -- The impact of a lack od international support for the war -- The disastrous effects of prematurely dismantling the Ba'athist regime -- The challenge of building a new Iraqi state from scratch -- Instituting a new system of justice -- Undertaking the reconstruction of Iraq -- The consequences of failing to maintain security early on military missions -- Lck of infiltration and tips hinder intelligence on the insurgency -- Building effective capabilities for counterinsurgency -- Use of force -- Public safety and security -- Partnering with and enabling indigenous forces -- Reporting on the enemy and infiltration -- Provision of essential services -- Informing and influencing operations -- Rigorous and coordinated detainee operations -- Recommendations -- Development of strategy -- Coalition-building -- Planning process -- Unity of effort -- Interagency process -- Host-nation governance -- Funding mechanisms -- Counterinsurgency as a mission -- Protection of the indigenous population -- Personnel policy -- U.S. Army special forces -- Partnership with indigenous forces -- Policing functions -- Brigade organization -- Gunship-like capability -- Intelligence collection and sharing.
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books.
    URL: Click to View
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  • 6
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    Civilians and soldiers : achieving better coordination (1998)
    Santa Monica, CA :RAND, | ©1998
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    UID:
    almafu_9959229282502883
    Format: 1 online resource (xxiii, 104 pages) : , illustrations
    ISBN: 0-585-38205-0
    Note: "Prepared for the Smith Richardson Foundation by Rand's National Defense Research Institute." , English
    Additional Edition: ISBN 0-8330-2691-7
    Language: English
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  • 7
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    Assessing requirements for peacekeeping, humanitarian assistance, and disaster relief / (1998)
    Santa Monica, Calif. :Rand,
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    UID:
    almafu_9959229286602883
    Format: 1 online resource (xxxi, 143 pages)
    ISBN: 0-585-35805-2
    Note: "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense by RAND's National Defense Research Institute." , "50th Year Rand, a national resource, 1948-1998"--Cover. , English
    Additional Edition: ISBN 0-8330-2594-5
    Language: English
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  • 8
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    Issues raised during the Army after next spring wargame / (1999)
    Santa Monica, CA :RAND,
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    UID:
    almafu_9959233119302883
    Format: 1 online resource (xix, 56 p. ) , ill. ;
    ISBN: 0-585-24647-5
    Note: "Prepared for the United States Army, Arroyo Center. , "MR-1023-A"--P. 4 of cover. , English
    Additional Edition: ISBN 0-8330-2688-7
    Language: English
    Keywords: Forecasts. ; Forecasts.
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