Improving the U.S. military's understanding of unstable environments vulnerable to violent extremist groups insights from social science

For over a decade, operations associated with irregular warfare have placed large demands on U.S. ground forces and have led to development of new Army and Joint doctrine. This report helps analysts identify and assess twelve key factors that create and perpetuate environments susceptible to insurge...

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Main Author: Thaler, David E. (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Santa Monica, CA : RAND [2013]
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009426454106719
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Summary:For over a decade, operations associated with irregular warfare have placed large demands on U.S. ground forces and have led to development of new Army and Joint doctrine. This report helps analysts identify and assess twelve key factors that create and perpetuate environments susceptible to insurgency, terrorism, and other extremist violence and instability to inform military decisions on allocation of analytic and security assistance resources.
Item Description:Description based upon print version of record.
Physical Description:1 online resource (201 p.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780833084217
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