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  • 1
    ISBN: 9780833079190 , 0833083201
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 88 pages)
    DDC: 303.6/2501
    Keywords: Terrorism ; Terrorism ; Insurgency ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Introduction -- Specifying the Model -- Implementation in a High-Level Language -- Looking Ahead to Exploratory Analysis Under Uncertainty -- Using the Model for Knowledge Elicitation, Discussion, and Diagnosis -- Appendix A: Primer on Factor Trees (a reprint) -- Appendix B: Verification and Validation -- Appendix C: Eliciting Factor Values -- Appendix D: Mathematics for "And" and "Or" Relationships
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  • 2
    ISBN: 9780833030306 , 0833032356
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 375 pages)
    DDC: 303.6/25
    Keywords: Information warfare ; Cyberterrorism
    Abstract: The advent of netwar (revisited / John Arquilla and David Ronfeldt -- The networking of terror in the information age / Michele Zanini and Sean J.A. Edwards -- Transnational criminal networks / Paul Williams -- Gangs, hooligans, and anarchists -- The vanguard of netwar in the streets / John P. Sullivan -- Networking dissent: Cyber activists use the Internet to promote democracy in Burma / Tiffany Danitz and Warren P. Strobel -- Emergence and influence of the Zapatista social netwar / David Ronfeldt and John Arquilla -- Netwar in the Emerald City: WTO protest strategy and tactics / Paul de Armond -- Activism, hacktivism, and cyberterrorism: The Internet as a tool for influencing foreign policy / Dorothy E. Denning -- The structure of social movements: Environmental activism and its opponents / Luther P. Gerlach -- What next for networks and netwars? / David Ronfeldt and John Arquilla -- Afterword (September 2001): The sharpening fight for the future / John Arquilla and David Ronfeldt
    Abstract: Netwar is the lower-intensity, societal-level counterpart to the editors' earlier, mostly military concept of cyberwar. This volume studies major instances of netwar that have occurred over the past several years--from Osama bin Laden's networked terrorists to the Battle of Seattle's social activists--and finds, among other things, that netwar works very well. Whether the protagonists are civil-society activists or uncivil-society criminals and terrorists, their netwars have generally been successful. Strategists and policymakers in Washington, and elsewhere, have already begun to discern the dark side of the netwar phenomenon, especially as manifested in terrorist and criminal organizations. In this volume, the editors and their colleagues examine various types of netwar, from the most violent to the most socially activist. In doing so, they find that, despite the variety, all networks that have been built for waging netwar may be analyzed in terms of a common analytic framework. There are five levels of theory and practice that matter--the technological, social, narrative, organizational, and doctrinal levels. A netwar actor must get all five right to be fully effective. The most potent netwarriors will not only be highly networked and have the capacity for mounting "swarming" attacks, they will also be held together by strong social ties, have secure communications technologies, and project a common story about why they are together and what they need to do. These will be the most serious adversaries. But even those networks that are weak on some levels may pose stiff challenges to their nation-state adversaries. With this in mind, it is necessary to go beyond just diagnosing the nature of the networked nonstate opponent in a given conflict. It will become crucial for governments and their military and law enforcement establishments to begin networking themselves
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  • 3
    ISBN: 9780833031808 , 0833034006 , 9781282283008 , 1282283006 , 9780833034007 , 0833031805
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 134 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Married to the military
    Keywords: Wives Salaries, etc ; Military spouses Salaries, etc ; Married women Employment ; Military spouses Employment ; Wives ; Military spouses ; Married women ; Military spouses ; Married women ; Employment ; Recruiting and enlistment ; HISTORY ; Military ; General ; United States ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Human Resources & Personnel Management ; United States Armed Forces ; Recruiting, enlistment, etc ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Today's military is a military of families; many service members are married, and many of their spouses work and contribute to family income. But military wives earn less than civilian wives, and this study seeks to understand why. The authors find that military wives, knowing they are likely to move frequently, are willing to accept jobs that offer a lower wage rather than to use more of their remaining time at a location to find a higher-wage job. Compared with civilian wives, military wives tend to work somewhat less if they have young children but somewhat more if their children are older
    Abstract: Today's military is a military of families; many service members are married, and many of their spouses work and contribute to family income. But military wives earn less than civilian wives, and this study seeks to understand why. The authors find that military wives, knowing they are likely to move frequently, are willing to accept jobs that offer a lower wage rather than to use more of their remaining time at a location to find a higher-wage job. Compared with civilian wives, military wives tend to work somewhat less if they have young children but somewhat more if their children are older
    Note: "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , "MR-1565 , "National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-134)
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  • 4
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    Santa Monica, CA : RAND National Defense Research Institute
    ISBN: 9780833040213 , 0833042807 , 0833040219 , 9780833042804
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 62 pages)
    Edition: [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library 2010 Electronic reproduction
    Series Statement: Rand counterinsurgency study paper 1
    Series Statement: Occasional paper OP-168-OSD
    Parallel Title: Print version Gompert, David C Heads we win
    Keywords: Jihad ; Terrorism Prevention ; Counterinsurgency Psychological aspects ; Jihad ; Terrorism ; Counterinsurgency ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; HISTORY ; Military ; Other ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Security (National & International) ; Jihad ; Military policy ; Terrorism ; Prevention ; Militärpsychologie ; Aufstand ; Bekämpfung ; United States ; USA ; United States Military policy ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Current U.S. counterinsurgency (COIN) strategy has relied heavily on the use of force against Islamist insurgents-a tactic that has increased their ranks. What is needed instead are stronger cognitive capabilities that will enable more effective COIN against an elusive, decentralized, and highly motivated insurgency-capabilities that will enable the United States to "fight smarter." Cognitive COIN goes beyond information technology and encompasses comprehension, reasoning, and decisionmaking, the components that are most effective against an enemy that is quick to adapt, transform, and regener
    Abstract: Current U.S. counterinsurgency (COIN) strategy has relied heavily on the use of force against Islamist insurgents-a tactic that has increased their ranks. What is needed instead are stronger cognitive capabilities that will enable more effective COIN against an elusive, decentralized, and highly motivated insurgency-capabilities that will enable the United States to "fight smarter." Cognitive COIN goes beyond information technology and encompasses comprehension, reasoning, and decisionmaking, the components that are most effective against an enemy that is quick to adapt, transform, and regener
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 59-62) , Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL , Electronic reproduction , Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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  • 5
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    Santa Monica, CA : Rand National Defense Research Institute
    ISBN: 9780833044181 , 0833044869 , 0833044184 , 9780833044860
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 81 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation monograph series
    Parallel Title: Print version Fiscally informed total force manpower
    Keywords: United States Officials and employees ; United States ; Manpower ; Manpower ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Political Freedom ; Employees ; United States ; Manpower ; United States ; Armed Forces ; Civilian employees ; Armed Forces ; Personnel management ; Armed Forces ; Appropriations and expenditures ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Human Resources & Personnel Management ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Political Freedom & Security ; General ; United States Armed Forces ; Appropriations and expenditures ; United States Armed Forces ; Personnel management ; United States Armed Forces ; Civilian employees ; United States ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This monograph presents the results of a short-term review of 27 publicly available manpower studies to discover methods that other organizations could use to make "fiscally informed" manpower decisions. The studies varied widely in their definition of cost-effectiveness. Methods included cutting the workforce, trading one workforce for another, reinvesting fixed manpower in higher-valued functions, trading end-strength for experience, and making short-term technology investments to reduce manpower in the long term. The authors conclude that the method used to determine manpower requirements may not be as important as other attributes of the studies, such as the direct involvement of a senior decisionmaker; stating specific goals as part of the study charter; a holistic view of the organization being studied; publicly available and auditable results; and a clear set of measurement criteria upon which to make decisions
    Abstract: This monograph presents the results of a short-term review of 27 publicly available manpower studies to discover methods that other organizations could use to make "fiscally informed" manpower decisions. The studies varied widely in their definition of cost-effectiveness. Methods included cutting the workforce, trading one workforce for another, reinvesting fixed manpower in higher-valued functions, trading end-strength for experience, and making short-term technology investments to reduce manpower in the long term. The authors conclude that the method used to determine manpower requirements may not be as important as other attributes of the studies, such as the direct involvement of a senior decisionmaker; stating specific goals as part of the study charter; a holistic view of the organization being studied; publicly available and auditable results; and a clear set of measurement criteria upon which to make decisions
    Note: "Rand Corporation monograph series"--Page 4 of cover , "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , Includes bibliographical references (pages 77-81)
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  • 6
    ISBN: 9780833035226 , 0833035940 , 0833035223 , 9780833035943
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 47 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Chalk, Peter Hitting America's soft underbelly
    Keywords: Agriculture Defense measures ; Civil defense ; Food industry and trade Defense measures ; Bioterrorism Prevention ; Agriculture ; Civil defense ; Food industry and trade ; Bioterrorism ; Bioterrorism prevention & control ; Agriculture ; Civil Defense ; Food Industry ; Security Measures ; Agriculture ; Defense measures ; Bioterrorism ; Prevention ; Civil defense ; Food industry and trade ; Defense measures ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Political Freedom & Security ; Law Enforcement ; MEDICAL ; Health Policy ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Over the past decade, the United States has endeavored to increase its ability to detect, prevent, and respond to terrorist threats and incidents. The agriculture sector and the food industry in general, however, have received comparatively little attention with respect to protection against terrorist incidents. This study aims to expand the current debate on domestic homeland security by assessing the vulnerabilities of the agricultural sector and the food chain to a deliberate act of biological terrorism. The author presents the current state of research on threats to agricultural livestock and produce, outlines the sector's importance to the U.S. economy, examines the capabilities that are needed to exploit the vulnerabilities in the food industry, and explores the likely outcomes of a successful attack. The author addresses the question of why terrorists have yet to employ agricultural assaults as a method of operation and offers proposed recommendations for the U.S. policymaking community
    Abstract: Over the past decade, the United States has endeavored to increase its ability to detect, prevent, and respond to terrorist threats and incidents. The agriculture sector and the food industry in general, however, have received comparatively little attention with respect to protection against terrorist incidents. This study aims to expand the current debate on domestic homeland security by assessing the vulnerabilities of the agricultural sector and the food chain to a deliberate act of biological terrorism. The author presents the current state of research on threats to agricultural livestock and produce, outlines the sector's importance to the U.S. economy, examines the capabilities that are needed to exploit the vulnerabilities in the food industry, and explores the likely outcomes of a successful attack. The author addresses the question of why terrorists have yet to employ agricultural assaults as a method of operation and offers proposed recommendations for the U.S. policymaking community
    Note: "MG-135-OSD"--Page 4 of cover , "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , Includes bibliographical references (pages 43-47)
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  • 7
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    Santa Monica, CA : RAND, National Defense Research Institute
    ISBN: 9780833041166 , 083304110X , 0833039261 , 0833041169 , 9780833039262 , 9780833041104
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 101 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Long, Austin On "other war
    Keywords: Counterinsurgency ; Counterinsurgency ; HISTORY ; Military ; Other ; HISTORY ; Revolutionary ; Counterinsurgency ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Electronic book
    Abstract: Introduction -- The Wizards of Less-Than-Armageddon: RAND and COIN -- Analogies and War: Are Theory and Empirics from Prior COIN Relevant? -- COIN Theory: What Are Insurgencies and How Does One Fight Them? Hearts and Minds Theory: COIN as a Problem of Modernization ; Cost/Benefit Theory: Carrots and Sticks for the Rational Peasant ; Critiques of Cost/Benefit: Ratcheted Escalation and Marginal Costs ; Moving COIN Theory Forward: Is Synthesis Possible? -- The Social Scientists' Wars: RAND and COIN Practice. Organization and COIN: Who Does What and How Would One Know? ; Amnesty and Reward: Catching More Flies with Honey ; Border Security: Morice and McNamara: A Tale of Two Lines ; Pacification: All Politics Is Local -- COIN Old and New. Organizing for COIN: Breaking the Interagency Phalanx ; Open Arms, Open Wallets: Amnesty and Reward ; The Khalilzad Lines? : Border Security in Iraq and Afghanistan ; An End to Streets Without Joy: Security, Development, and Pacification -- Conclusion: Back to the Future? -- Appendix: RAND Counterinsurgency Publications, 1955-1995: Selected Annotated Bibliography
    Abstract: Introduction -- The Wizards of Less-Than-Armageddon: RAND and COIN -- Analogies and War: Are Theory and Empirics from Prior COIN Relevant? -- COIN Theory: What Are Insurgencies and How Does One Fight Them? Hearts and Minds Theory: COIN as a Problem of Modernization ; Cost/Benefit Theory: Carrots and Sticks for the Rational Peasant ; Critiques of Cost/Benefit: Ratcheted Escalation and Marginal Costs ; Moving COIN Theory Forward: Is Synthesis Possible? -- The Social Scientists' Wars: RAND and COIN Practice. Organization and COIN: Who Does What and How Would One Know? ; Amnesty and Reward: Catching More Flies with Honey ; Border Security: Morice and McNamara: A Tale of Two Lines ; Pacification: All Politics Is Local -- COIN Old and New. Organizing for COIN: Breaking the Interagency Phalanx ; Open Arms, Open Wallets: Amnesty and Reward ; The Khalilzad Lines? : Border Security in Iraq and Afghanistan ; An End to Streets Without Joy: Security, Development, and Pacification -- Conclusion: Back to the Future? -- Appendix: RAND Counterinsurgency Publications, 1955-1995: Selected Annotated Bibliography
    Note: "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , "MG-482-OSD"--Page 4 of cover , Includes bibliographical references (pages 85-101)
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  • 8
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    Santa Monica, CA : RAND National Defense Research Institute
    ISBN: 9780833046840 , 0833047124 , 9781282081673 , 1282081675 , 0833046845 , 9780833047120 , 6612081678 , 9786612081675
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxx, 137 pages)
    Edition: [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library 2010 Electronic reproduction
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation monograph series
    Parallel Title: Print version Underkill
    Keywords: United States Drill and tactics ; United States ; Counterinsurgency ; Urban warfare ; Counterinsurgency ; Urban warfare ; Armed Forces (United States) ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; International Relations ; General ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Political Freedom & Security ; International Security ; TECHNOLOGY ; Military Science ; Artillery drill and tactics ; Counterinsurgency ; Urban warfare ; USA ; military operations ; population ; USA ; military operations ; military technology ; R & D ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The U.S. military is ill-equipped to strike at extremists who hide in populations. Using deadly force against them can harm and alienate the very people whose cooperation U.S. forces are trying to earn. To solve this problem, a new RAND study proposes a "continuum of force"--A suite of capabilities that includes sound, light, lasers, cell phones, and video cameras. These technologies are available but have received insufficient attention
    Abstract: The U.S. military is ill-equipped to strike at extremists who hide in populations. Using deadly force against them can harm and alienate the very people whose cooperation U.S. forces are trying to earn. To solve this problem, a new RAND study proposes a "continuum of force"--A suite of capabilities that includes sound, light, lasers, cell phones, and video cameras. These technologies are available but have received insufficient attention
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-137) , Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL , Electronic reproduction , Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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  • 9
    ISBN: 9780833039897 , 0833041169 , 0833041088 , 083303989X , 9780833041081 , 9780833041166
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 105 pages)
    Series Statement: Technical report TR-405-OSD
    Parallel Title: Print version Cecchine, Gary Infectious disease and national security
    Keywords: Communicable diseases ; Communicable diseases ; Epidemiology ; National security ; Communicable diseases ; Communicable diseases ; Epidemiology ; National security ; Communicable Disease Control ; Security Measures ; Communicable Diseases ; Military readiness ; National security ; MEDICAL ; Infectious Diseases ; HEALTH & FITNESS ; Diseases ; Contagious ; MEDICAL ; Health Policy ; United States ; Communicable diseases ; Epidemiology ; United States Defenses ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books ; Technical Report
    Abstract: The global community has suffered recently from newly emerged infectious diseases and from diseases once thought to be in decline. It now faces the threat of a human influenza pandemic arising from the recently emerged avian influenza H5N1 virus. The pace of global travel, migration, and commerce has increased dramatically in recent decades, elevating the risk of a global infectious disease outbreak. The spread of infectious disease can have significant effects on U.S. and world security, destabilizing nations and regions through direct mortality and morbidity, resulting in staggering economic and social loss. Collection and analysis of information about the worldwide incidence of infectious disease is imperative for the United States to understand and respond to disease threats. This study, conducted from July through October 2005, examines infectious disease within the context of national security and assesses the need for and adequacy of information that will enable U.S. policymakers to prevent and respond to such threats. At the center of this research is a review of the link between infectious disease and national security, as well as interviews with policymakers and other stakeholders to assess their information needs. This report includes a list of sources providing public health information and surveillance of infectious diseases worldwide
    Note: "TR-405 , Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-105) , Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense
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  • 10
    ISBN: 9780833039767 , 0833042556 , 9781281180971 , 1281180971 , 9780833042552 , 0833039768
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 54 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation monograph series
    Parallel Title: Print version Wolf, Charles, 1924- Russia's economy
    Keywords: Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Economic History ; Business & Economics ; Russia (Federation) ; Russland ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Security (National & International) ; Economic history ; Economic policy ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Political Freedom & Security ; International Security ; Russia (Federation) Economic policy 1991- ; Russia (Federation) Economic conditions 1991- ; Russia (Federation) ; Russia (Federation) ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The good news and the bad news about the Russian economy's movement toward becoming a market economy are both abundant; however, the Russian economy can still -- 16 years after the Soviet Union's demise -- be appropriately characterized as transitional. It is the second largest of the economies considered to be transitional (China is the largest), but its position on the broad spectrum of transitional economies is not entirely clear, and neither are the pace and direction of its movement. The authors shed light on ambiguities surrounding Russia's status as a transitional economy by attempting to answer four key questions that relate to issues of interest to government decisionmakers about what Russia's economic growth can be attributed to and how transitional changes in the Russian economy have affected Russia's defense spending, defense industry, arms exports, and economic transitions with several of its trading partners
    Abstract: The good news and the bad news about the Russian economy's movement toward becoming a market economy are both abundant; however, the Russian economy can still -- 16 years after the Soviet Union's demise -- be appropriately characterized as transitional. It is the second largest of the economies considered to be transitional (China is the largest), but its position on the broad spectrum of transitional economies is not entirely clear, and neither are the pace and direction of its movement. The authors shed light on ambiguities surrounding Russia's status as a transitional economy by attempting to answer four key questions that relate to issues of interest to government decisionmakers about what Russia's economic growth can be attributed to and how transitional changes in the Russian economy have affected Russia's defense spending, defense industry, arms exports, and economic transitions with several of its trading partners
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 53-54)
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