Rethinking counterinsurgency / John Mackinlay, Alison Al-Baddawy.

• Superior document: Rand counterinsurgency study ; v. 5
• Author: United States. Dept. of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense.; Mackinlay, John.
• TeilnehmendeR: Al-Baddawy, Alison.; United States. Dept. of Defense.
• Anno di pubblicazione: 2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Lingua: English
• Serie: Rand counterinsurgency study ; v. 5.; Rand Corporation monograph series.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (81 p.)
• Note: "MG-595/5-OSD"--P. [4] of cover.; "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."

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 analy