Rethinking counterinsurgency
British and U.S. counterinsurgency (COIN) operations have been slow to respond and adapt to the rise of the global jihadist insurgency, whose base of support is global and whose exploitation of the virtual dimension has outstripped the West's. After analyzing past British COIN experiences and c...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Santa Monica, CA
Rand National Defense Research Institute
2008, 2008
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| Series: | Rand counterinsurgency study
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | British and U.S. counterinsurgency (COIN) operations have been slow to respond and adapt to the rise of the global jihadist insurgency, whose base of support is global and whose exploitation of the virtual dimension has outstripped the West's. After analyzing past British COIN experiences and comparing them to the evolving nature of the modern jihadist insurgency, the authors suggest a new framework for future COIN operations |
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| Item Description: | "MG-595/5-OSD"--Page 4 of cover. - "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense." |
| Physical Description: | xiii, 65 pages |
| ISBN: | 9780833044754 0833044753 1281736457 9781281736451 661173645X 9786611736453 |