Heads we win the cognitive side of counterinsurgency (COIN)
Current U.S. counterinsurgency (COIN) strategy has relied heavily on the use of force against Islamist insurgents-a tactic that has increased their ranks. What is needed instead are stronger cognitive capabilities that will enable more effective COIN against an elusive, decentralized, and highly mot...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Santa Monica, CA
RAND National Defense Research Institute
2007, 2007
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Series: | Rand counterinsurgency study
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Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | Current U.S. counterinsurgency (COIN) strategy has relied heavily on the use of force against Islamist insurgents-a tactic that has increased their ranks. What is needed instead are stronger cognitive capabilities that will enable more effective COIN against an elusive, decentralized, and highly motivated insurgency-capabilities that will enable the United States to "fight smarter." Cognitive COIN goes beyond information technology and encompasses comprehension, reasoning, and decisionmaking, the components that are most effective against an enemy that is quick to adapt, transform, and regener |
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Item Description: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002 |
Physical Description: | xvii, 62 pages illustrations |
ISBN: | 6611181202 0833040219 9781281181206 128118120X 9786611181208 9780833040213 |