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From Stalemate to Settlement: Lessons for Afghanistan from Historical Insurgencies That Have Been Resolved Through Negotiations
A comprehensive review of historical insurgencies that ended in settlement after a military stalemate shows that these negotiations followed a similar path that can be generalized into a "master narrative" of seven steps executed in a common sequence. Such a narrative could help guide and assess th... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
From Stalemate to Settlement: Lessons for Afghanistan from Historical Insurgencies That Have Been Resolved Through Negotiations
A comprehensive review of historical insurgencies that ended in settlement after a military stalemate shows that these negotiations followed a similar path that can be generalized into a "master narrative" of seven steps executed in a common sequence. Such a narrative could help guide and assess th... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
Victory Has a Thousand Fathers
Insurgency is the most prevalent form of armed conflict and the subject of countless studies, yet the U.S. military has only recently begun to review doctrine and training in this area. An examination of approaches to counterinsurgency from 30 recent resolved campaigns reveals, for example, that goo... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2010 -
Victory Has a Thousand Fathers: Detailed Counterinsurgency Case Studies
A collection of the 30 most recent resolved insurgencies, covering the period 1978 to 2008, along with a bank of 76 factors that helped or hindered the COIN force in each case and in each phase of each case, supplements an analysis of historical and contemporary insurgencies, providing valuable less... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2010 -
The Challenge of Violent Drug-Trafficking Organizations
A RAND team conducted a Delphi expert elicitation exercise, the results of which offer an assessment of the contemporary security situation in Mexico through the lens of existing RAND research on urban instability and unrest, historical insurgencies, and defense-sector reform. Assessment scorecards ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2011 -
Mexico Is Not Colombia: Alternative Historical Analogies for Responding to the Challenge of Violent Drug-Trafficking Organizations
Despite the scope of the threat they pose to Mexico's security, violent drug-trafficking organizations are not well understood, and optimal strategies to combat them have not been identified. While there is no perfectly analogous case from history, Mexico stands to benefit from historical lessons a... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
Mexico Is Not Colombia: Alternative Historical Analogies for Responding to the Challenge of Violent Drug-Trafficking Organizations, Supporting Case Studies
Despite the scope of the threat they pose to Mexico's security, violent drug-trafficking organizations are not well understood, and optimal strategies to combat them have not been identified. While there is no perfectly analogous case to Mexico's current security situation, historical case studies ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
Alert and Ready: An Organizational Design Assessment of Marine Corps Intelligence
Over the past decade, especially, U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) intelligence has had to tailor its organization to meet the evolving demands of the operational environment. This has resulted in a number of ad hoc arrangements, practices, and organizations. A broad review of the organizational design of U... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2011 -
One Health: The Theory and Practice of Integrated Health Approaches
by Barbara Jones • Paul Coleman • Anna Dean • David Waltner-Toews • Michael Clarke • Iain J. Gordon • Rea Tschopp • Susan Cork • Susan C Welburn • Karin Hediger • Mahamat Bechir • Hung Nguyen-Viet • Marcel Tanner • Solveig Danielsen • Professor Craig Stephen • Esther Schelling • Angela Cassidy • Martin Bunch • Maxine Whittaker • Dennis C Turner • Abigail Woods • Michael Bresalier • Michel de Garine-Wichatitsky • Wiku Adisasmito • Cécile Aenishaenslin • Seid Mohamed Ali • Ian Allen • Silvia Alonso • Vilda Amir • Maurizio Aragrande • Sara Babo Martins • Zolzaya Baljinnyam • William Bazeyo • Andrea Beetz • Jeffrey Bender • Mónica Berger-González • Benjamin Blair • Barry Blakley • Massimo Canali • Nakul Chitnis • Guéladio Cissé • Kathryn C. Conlon • Lisa Crump • Soledad Cuevas • Paula Dominguez-Salas • Colleen Duncan • Kaylee Errecaborde • Patricia Farnese • Thomas Fries • Samuel Fuhrimann • Christa A. Gallagher • Ratna B. Gurung • Felix Hafner • Barbara Häsler • Jan Hattendorf • Joldoshbek Kasymbekov • Julia S. Lankton • Huong Le Thi • Henrik Lerner • Michael Mahero • Stephanie Mauti • Céline Mbilo • Hélène Meier • Mary Elizabeth Miranda • Vi Nguyen-Viet • Brigit Obrist • Peter Odermatt • Anna Okello • Christopher A.L. Oura • Katharine Pelican • Kristina Pelikan • Phuc Pham-Duc • Sue Pollock • Sangay Rinchen • Karma Rinzin • Felix Roth • Johanne Saint-Charles • Alexandra Shaw • Jonathan M. Sleeman • Woutrina Smith • Keira Spinner • Katharina D. Stärk • Arlette C. Szelecsenyi • Tenzin Tenzin • Jimmy Tickel • Karin Tschanz-Cooke • Hoang Van Minh • Alain Vandermissen • Tu Vu-Van • Daniel P. Walsh • Sylvia Wanzala • Lenke Wettlaufer • C. LeAnn White • Andreas F. Widmer • Hind Yahyaoui • Christian ZurbrüggOne Health, the concept of combined veterinary and human health, has now expanded beyond emerging infectious diseases and zoonoses to incorporate a wider suite of health issues. Retaining its interdisciplinary focus which combines theory with practice, this new edition illustrates the contribution ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Keywords for Children's Literature, Second Edition (Keywords #9)
by Michael Joseph • Beverly Lyon Clark • Michelle Martin • Peter Hunt • Karen Sánchez-Eppler • Colleen Glenney Boggs • Elizabeth Marshall • Clémentine Beauvais • Lynne Vallone • Philip Nel • Lissa Paul • Robin Bernstein • Evelyn Arizpe • Katharine Capshaw • Vanessa Joosen • Patricia Crain • Kerry Mallan • Kenneth Kidd • Kimberley Reynolds • Mavis Reimer • Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair • Clare Bradford • JonArno Lawson • Nicole Markotić • Ute Dettmar • Karen Coats • Louise Joy • Naomi Hamer • Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer • Jacqueline Reid-Walsh • Joseph T. Thomas • Hugh Crago • Debra Dudek • Claudia Nelson • Derritt Mason • Zoe Jaques • Charles Hatfield • Anna Stemmann • Sandra L. Beckett • Kelly Hager • Mike Cadden • Boel Westin • Lydia Kokkola • Marah Gubar • Victoria Ford Smith • Nina Christensen • Sarah Park Dahlen • Eric L. Tribunella • Richard Flynn • B. j. McDaniel • Ebony Elizabeth Marshall • Elisabeth Lies Wesseling • Deirdre Baker • Karin E. Westman • Peter Hollindale • Michael Heyman • Kevin Shortsleeve • William Moebius • Stine Liv Johansen • Cathryn M. Mercier • Åse Marie Ommundsen • Emer O’SullivanIntroduces key terms, global concepts, debates, and histories for Children's Literature in an updated editionOver the past decade, there has been a proliferation of exciting new work across many areas of children’s literature and culture. Mapping this vibrant scholarship, the Second Edition of Keywo... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021