Understanding proto-insurgencies /

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To gain the size and capabilities of an insurgency, a would-be insurgent movement must create a politically relevant identity; it must espouse a cause that is popular beyond the group; it must gain dominance over rival organizations; and it must find a sanctuary that provides respite from police, in...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Byman, Daniel, 1967-
Corporate Author: National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corp., 2007.
Series:Rand counterinsurgency study ; paper 3.
Occasional paper (Rand Corporation) ; OP-178.
Subjects:
Counterinsurgency.
Insurgency.
Terrorism > Prevention.
Contre-rébellion.
Révoltes.
Terrorisme > Prévention.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Security (National & International)
Counterinsurgency
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Insurgency
Diplomatic relations
Terrorism > Prevention
United States > Foreign relations.
United States > Influence.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures.
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Terrorism, insurgency, and proto-insurgency
  • The role of violence
  • The proto-insurgent's tasks
  • The role of the state
  • Defeating proto-insurgencies
  • Appendix A: Three cases of proto-insurgent success and failure
  • Appendix B: Applying the proto-insurgency concept to Saudi Arabia today
  • Appendix C: Proto-insurgency indicators.

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