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Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, this report reviews several theories studied at the RAND Corporation for preventing and fighting insurgencies, and applies them to the current situations in Iraq and Afghanistan, generally recommending an amnesty and reward program and better border security system. No index is provided. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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The challenges posed by insurgency and instability have proved difficult to surmount. This difficulty may embolden future opponents to embrace insurgency in combating the United States. Both the current and future conduct of the war on terror demand that the United States improve its ability to conduct counterinsurgency (COIN) operations. This study makes recommendations for improving COIN based on RAND's decades-long study of it.
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