Research Catalog

Title

Paths to victory : detailed insurgency case studies / Christopher Paul, Colin P. Clarke, Beth Grill, Molly Dunigan.

Author

Paul, Christopher, 1971-

Publication

Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2013.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Clarke, Colin P.
• Grill, Beth.
• Dunigan, Molly.
• National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)

Description

xxxvii, 468 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (color); 23 cm.

Summary

In-depth case studies of 41 insurgencies since World War II provide evidence to answer a perennial question in strategic discussions of counterinsurgency: When a country is threatened by an insurgency, what efforts give its government the best chance of prevailing? Each case study breaks the conflict into phases and examines the factors and practices that led to the outcome (insurgent win, counterinsurgent win, or a mixed outcome favoring one side or the other). Detailed analyses of the cases, supplemented by data on 30 previously conducted insurgency case studies (and thus covering all 71 historical insurgencies worldwide since World War II), can be found in the companion volume, Paths to Victory: Lessons from Modern Insurgencies. Collectively, the 71 cases span a vast geographic range (South America, Africa, the Balkans, Central Asia, and the Far East) and include examples of governments that attempted to fight the tide of history -- that is, to quell an anticolonial rebellion or uprisings against apartheid.

Series Statement

Rand Corporation research report series ; RR-291/2-OSD

Uniform Title

Research report (Rand Corporation) ; RR-291/1-OSD.

Subjects

• Insurgency > Research
• Insurgency > Case studies

Note

• "National Defense Research Institute."
• "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-468).

Linking Entry (note)

• Companion publication to: Paths to victory: lessons from modern insurgencies.

Contents

Detailed overviews of 41 insurgency cases. UK in Palestine, 1944-1947 -- Greece, 1945-1949 -- Indochina, 1946-1954 -- Philippines (Huk Rebellion), 1946-1956 -- Colombia ("La Violencia"), 1948-1958 -- Malaya, 1948-1955 -- Kenya, 1952-1956 -- Algerian Independence, 1954-1962 -- Cyprus, 1955-1959 -- Cuba, 1956-1959 -- Oman (Imamate Uprising), 1957-1959 -- Indonesia (Darul Islam), 1958-1962 -- Tibet, 1956-1974 -- Guatemala, 1960-1996 -- Laos, 1959-1975 -- Namibia, 1960-1989 -- South Africa, 1960-1990 -- South Vietnam, 1960-1975 -- Eritrea, 1961-1991 -- Iraqi Kurdistan, 1961-1975 -- Angolan Independence, 1961-1974 -- Guinea-Bissau, 1962-1974 -- Mozambican Independence, 1962-1974 -- Yemen, 1962-1970 -- Uruguay, 1963-1972 -- Oman (Dhofar Rebellion), 1965-1975 -- Zimbabwe/Rhodesia, 1965-1980 -- Argentina, 1969-1979 -- Cambodia, 1967-1975 -- Northern Ireland, 1969-1999 -- Jordan, 1970-1971 -- Bangladesh, 1971 -- Philippines (MNLF), 1971-1996 -- Baluchistan, 1973-1978 -- Angola (UNITA), 1975-2002 -- Indonesia (East Timor), 1975-2000 -- Lebanese Civil War, 1975-1990 -- Western Sahara, 1975-1991 -- Indonesia (Aceh), 1976-2005 -- Mozambique (RENAMO), 1976-1995 -- Sri Lanka, 1976-2009.

Call Number

JFE 14-486

ISBN

• 9780833081094 (paperback)
• 0833081098 (paperback)

OCLC

860801706

Author

Paul, Christopher, 1971-

Title

Paths to victory : detailed insurgency case studies / Christopher Paul, Colin P. Clarke, Beth Grill, Molly Dunigan.

Publisher

Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2013.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Rand Corporation research report series ; RR-291/2-OSD

Research report (Rand Corporation) ; RR-291/1-OSD.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-468).

Linking Entry

Companion publication to: Paths to victory: lessons from modern insurgencies.

Added Author

Clarke, Colin P.

Grill, Beth.

Dunigan, Molly.

National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)

Research Call Number

JFE 14-486