Counterinsurgency in a test tube analyzing the success of the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI)

With a matter of weeks to prepare, Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) personnel landed on July 24, 2003, armed for conflict but equally ready to restore peace without firing a shot in anger. RAMSI's aim was to assist the existing government in reestablishing order and rebuil...

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Autor principal: Glenn, Russell W. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corp 2007.
Edición:1st ed
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009427832906719
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  • Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One - Background and Brief History of Operation Helpem Fren, the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI); Previous Operations; RAMSI: A Concise History; The Backdrop to RAMSI; RAMSI: Deployment and Execution; RAMSI as a Counterinsurgency Operation; Chapter Two - Considering the Nature of Insurgency and Counterinsurgency; The Nature of Insurgency and Counterinsurgency; Chapter Three - July 2003 Solomon Islands as an Insurgency: Participant Perspectives; A Solomon Islands Insurgency? No
  • A Solomon Islands Insurgency? YesA Solomon Islands Insurgency? Perhaps; A Solomon Islands Insurgency from the Perspective ofRAMSI Participants? Concluding Thoughts; Chapter Four - Successful COIN: Three Crucial Conditions; Orchestrating Interagency Capabilities: The "All ofGovernment" Approach; Building and Maintaining the Multinational Team; Forming and Seizing the Moral High Ground:Shaping Indigenous Perspectives; Chapter Five - RAMSI: Was It a Counterinsurgency?; Chapter Six - Fitting the RAMSI Square Peg into the World's Round Holes
  • Vital Elements: Building on the Foundation of SuccessfulInteragency, Multinational, and Shaping OperationsImplications for Current and Future Operations; Final Observations on the Implications of RAMSIOperations for Counterinsurgency Operations; Bibliography