The battle behind the wire : U.S. prisoner and detainee operations from World War II to Iraq / / Cheryl Benard ... [et al.].

• Superior document: Rand Corporation monograph series ; MG-934-OSD
• Author: United States. Dept. of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense.
• TeilnehmendeR: Benard, Cheryl, 1953-; United States. Dept. of Defense.; International Security and Defense Policy Center.; National Defense Research Institute (U.S.); Rand Corporation.
• Anno di pubblicazione: 2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Lingua: English
• Serie: Rand Corporation monograph series.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (128 p.)
• Note: "MG-934-OSD".; "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."; "RAND National Defense Research Institute."; "This research was sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of Defense and conducted within the International Security and Defense Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Pref.

This report finds parallels in U.S. prisoner and detainee operations in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq: underestimation of the number to be held, hasty scrambling for resources, and inadequate doctrine and policy. Later, attempts to educate and influence prisoners and detainees are often mad...