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Subversion and insurgency /
The conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have generated intense interest in counterinsurgency within the U.S. armed forces, the intelligence community, the State Department, and the Department of Defense. However, subversion-a critical part of the repertoire of many insurgent groups-remains a neglected...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Santa Monica, CA :
Rand,
©2007.
©2007 |
| Colección: | Rand counterinsurgency study ;
paper 2. Occasional paper (Rand Corporation) ; OP-172-OSD. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have generated intense interest in counterinsurgency within the U.S. armed forces, the intelligence community, the State Department, and the Department of Defense. However, subversion-a critical part of the repertoire of many insurgent groups-remains a neglected subject. This paper presents a set of case studies to explore the elements of subversion in-depth. It discusses preliminary ideas for combating subversive activities in the context of the "long war" against violent Islamist extremism and concludes with a discussion of how American support for countersubversion within authoritarian regimes can conflict with other important U.S. foreign policy objectives, such as the promotion of human rights |
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| Notas: | "National Defense Research Institute." |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vii, 24 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 19-24). |
| ISBN: | 9780833042811 0833042815 1281181218 9781281181213 9786611181215 6611181210 |