Afghanistan's local war building local defense forces
In Afghanistan, local communities have played a critical role in security, especially in rural areas. Afghan national security forces are important to the top-down strategy, but the Afghan government and NATO forces also need to leverage local communities to gain a complementary bottom-up strategy....
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Santa Monica, Calif. :
RAND National Defence Research Institute
2010.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009423734306719 |
| Summary: | In Afghanistan, local communities have played a critical role in security, especially in rural areas. Afghan national security forces are important to the top-down strategy, but the Afghan government and NATO forces also need to leverage local communities to gain a complementary bottom-up strategy. This analysis discusses the viability of establishing local security forces in Afghanistan and addresses concerns about the wisdom of such policies. |
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| Item Description: | "Prepared for the Marine Corps Intelligence Activity." |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (116 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781282940550 9786612940552 9780833050809 |
| Access: | Open access |
