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    Improving capacity for stabilization and reconstruction operations (2009)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833046987 , 0833047256 , 9781282282780 , 1282282786 , 9780833047250 , 0833046985
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 81 pages)
    Edition: [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library 2010 Electronic reproduction
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation monograph series
    Parallel Title: Print version Bensahel, Nora, 1971- Improving capacity for stabilization and reconstruction operations
    Parallel Title: Print version Bensahel, Nora, 1971- Improving capacity for stabilization and reconstruction operations
    Keywords: Integrated operations (Military science) ; Integrated operations (Military science) ; Armed Forces ; Stability operations ; Integrated operations (Military science) ; HISTORY ; Military ; Strategy ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; International Relations ; General ; Armed Forces ; Civic action ; United States ; Armed Forces ; Civil functions ; United States Armed Forces ; Stability operations ; United States Armed Forces ; Civil functions ; United States Armed Forces ; Civic action ; United States ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: U.S. experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan have demonstrated that improving U.S. capacity for stabilization and reconstruction operations is critical to national security. To help craft a way ahead, the authors provide an overview of the requirements posed by stabilization and reconstruction operations and recommend ways to improve U.S. capacity to meet these needs
    Abstract: U.S. experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan have demonstrated that improving U.S. capacity for stabilization and reconstruction operations is critical to national security. To help craft a way ahead, the authors provide an overview of the requirements posed by stabilization and reconstruction operations and recommend ways to improve U.S. capacity to meet these needs
    Note: "Sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of Defense , Issued by: RAND National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references (pages 77-81) , Title from PDF cover (viewed Apr. 20, 2009) , 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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    Recruiting minorities : what explains recent trends in the Army and Navy? (2009)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833047175 , 0833048988 , 0833047175 , 9780833048981
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxv, 91 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Asch, Beth J Recruiting minorities
    Keywords: United States Recruiting, enlistment, etc ; United States Recruiting, enlistment, etc ; United States Minorities ; United States Minorities ; United States ; United States ; United States ; United States ; Armed Forces ; Minorities ; Recruiting and enlistment ; United States ; United States ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Human Resources & Personnel Management ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This report identifies factors that are correlated with trends in black and Hispanic representation among high-quality recruits in the Army and Navy, and it considers which policies are likely to be most effective in increasing high-quality enlistments among black, Hispanic, and white youth"--Page iii
    Abstract: This report identifies factors that are correlated with trends in black and Hispanic representation among high-quality recruits in the Army and Navy, and it considers which policies are likely to be most effective in increasing high-quality enlistments among black, Hispanic, and white youth"--Page iii
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-91)
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    How have deployments during the war on terrorism affected reenlistment? (2009)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833047335 , 0833049399 , 0833047337 , 9780833049391
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 151 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation monograph series MG-873-OSD
    Parallel Title: Print version Hosek, James R How have deployments during the war on terrorism affected reenlistment?
    Keywords: War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 Manpower ; War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Human Resources & Personnel Management ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Comparative Politics ; Armed Forces ; Foreign service ; Armed Forces ; Operational readiness ; Manpower ; Recruiting and enlistment ; War on Terrorism (2001-2009) ; United States ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Government ; Comparative ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Political Freedom & Security ; General ; United States Armed Forces ; Foreign service ; United States Armed Forces ; Recruiting, enlistment, etc ; United States Armed Forces ; Operational readiness ; United States ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have been the United States' longest military engagements since the Vietnam War and the most severe test of the all-volunteer force, with the possible exception of the Gulf War in 1991. More than 1.5 million service members were deployed between 2002 and 2007, many of them more than once, and the fast pace of deployment has been felt throughout the military. Soldiers and marines have faced a steady cycle of predeployment training and exercises, deployment itself, and postdeployment reassignment and unit regeneration. Service members not on deployment are nonetheless busy planning and supporting military operations, caring for injured service members, and attending to recruiting, training, and other responsibilities at home and abroad. Many service members are married, and deployments have disrupted their family routines and created stress from separation and reintegration. At the same time, the long hours, tension, uncertainty, and violence of deployments have stressed the service members sent to fight. Remarkably, despite the pressures from deployments on service members and their families, reenlistment rates have been stable since 2002. The purpose of this monograph is to enhance understanding of whether deployments affected service members' willingness to stay in the military, as the stress caused by deployments would suggest, and how it was that reenlistment held steady
    Abstract: The military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have been the United States' longest military engagements since the Vietnam War and the most severe test of the all-volunteer force, with the possible exception of the Gulf War in 1991. More than 1.5 million service members were deployed between 2002 and 2007, many of them more than once, and the fast pace of deployment has been felt throughout the military. Soldiers and marines have faced a steady cycle of predeployment training and exercises, deployment itself, and postdeployment reassignment and unit regeneration. Service members not on deployment are nonetheless busy planning and supporting military operations, caring for injured service members, and attending to recruiting, training, and other responsibilities at home and abroad. Many service members are married, and deployments have disrupted their family routines and created stress from separation and reintegration. At the same time, the long hours, tension, uncertainty, and violence of deployments have stressed the service members sent to fight. Remarkably, despite the pressures from deployments on service members and their families, reenlistment rates have been stable since 2002. The purpose of this monograph is to enhance understanding of whether deployments affected service members' willingness to stay in the military, as the stress caused by deployments would suggest, and how it was that reenlistment held steady
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-151)
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    A delicate balance : portfolio analysis and management for intelligence information dissemination programs (2009)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833049094 , 0833049445 , 0833049097 , 9780833049445
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 44 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Delicate balance
    DDC: 353.1/72380973
    Keywords: United States ; United States ; Program budgeting ; Intelligence service Management ; Project management ; Intelligence service ; Program budgeting ; Intelligence service ; Project management ; Intelligence service ; COMPUTERS ; Data Modeling & Design ; Intelligence service ; Program budgeting ; Project management ; United States ; United States ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Affairs & Administration ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This publication describes the application of the RAND Corporation's Portfolio Analysis and Management Method (PortMan) to the evaluation of the National Security Agency's (NSA) information dissemination program portfolio, which is managed by the NSA Information Sharing Services (ISS) division. RAND's PortMan method enables the data-driven analysis of project portfolios and provides a means to monitor the progress of potentially high-value projects. It also allows portfolio managers to monitor the impact of any mitigation strategies they undertake, ensuring that the portfolio's highest potential value is achieved. For this project, RAND researchers first employed the Delphi method, a process for eliciting group opinion by a series of questionnaires with selective feedback from earlier responses, to collect expert opinion from the ISS Senior Leadership Group. This allowed for an estimation of value and risk for each project. RAND then used these estimates, together with cost information provided by ISS, to develop project rankings and to estimate the expected value-to-cost ratio for each project. RAND selected portfolios of projects that maximized the total expected value for the available program budget using a linear programming method and compared these results to ISS management's funding priorities
    Abstract: This publication describes the application of the RAND Corporation's Portfolio Analysis and Management Method (PortMan) to the evaluation of the National Security Agency's (NSA) information dissemination program portfolio, which is managed by the NSA Information Sharing Services (ISS) division. RAND's PortMan method enables the data-driven analysis of project portfolios and provides a means to monitor the progress of potentially high-value projects. It also allows portfolio managers to monitor the impact of any mitigation strategies they undertake, ensuring that the portfolio's highest potential value is achieved. For this project, RAND researchers first employed the Delphi method, a process for eliciting group opinion by a series of questionnaires with selective feedback from earlier responses, to collect expert opinion from the ISS Senior Leadership Group. This allowed for an estimation of value and risk for each project. RAND then used these estimates, together with cost information provided by ISS, to develop project rankings and to estimate the expected value-to-cost ratio for each project. RAND selected portfolios of projects that maximized the total expected value for the available program budget using a linear programming method and compared these results to ISS management's funding priorities
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 43-44)
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    Maintaining military medical skills during peacetime : outlining and assessing a new approach (2008)
    Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corp
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    ISBN: 9780833042910 , 0833044303 , 0833042912 , 9780833044303
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 39 pages)
    Edition: [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library 2010 Electronic reproduction
    Parallel Title: Print version Eibner, Christine Maintaining military medical skills during peacetime
    Keywords: United States Personnel management ; United States ; Medicine, Military ; Manpower planning ; Medicine, Military ; Manpower planning ; United States ; MEDICAL ; Health Policy ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Human Resources & Personnel Management ; Manpower planning ; Medicine, Military ; Personnel management ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Military medical personnel are tasked with fulfilling both the benefits mission and the readiness mission of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). Currently, most military medical personnel are stationed at military treatment facilities (MTFs) during peacetime, where they maintain their clinical skills by treating beneficiaries of TRICARE, the military health care program. However, the medical skills required during deployment are likely to differ significantly from those required at MTFs. Alternative arrangements for maintaining medical skills for deployment may be needed. One alternative would be to station some military medical personnel in nonmilitary settings where the case mix might more closely resemble the expected case mix under deployment, such as emergency rooms or trauma centers. This study explored one model under which active-duty personnel would be assigned to civilian settings during peacetime, focusing on civilian receptiveness to the proposed arrangement and identifying potential barriers and concerns. Findings indicate that civilian medical organizations are generally receptive to the idea of such a model and that DoD could consider conducting a pilot study to assess the effectiveness of the model in improving military medical readiness
    Abstract: Military medical personnel are tasked with fulfilling both the benefits mission and the readiness mission of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). Currently, most military medical personnel are stationed at military treatment facilities (MTFs) during peacetime, where they maintain their clinical skills by treating beneficiaries of TRICARE, the military health care program. However, the medical skills required during deployment are likely to differ significantly from those required at MTFs. Alternative arrangements for maintaining medical skills for deployment may be needed. One alternative would be to station some military medical personnel in nonmilitary settings where the case mix might more closely resemble the expected case mix under deployment, such as emergency rooms or trauma centers. This study explored one model under which active-duty personnel would be assigned to civilian settings during peacetime, focusing on civilian receptiveness to the proposed arrangement and identifying potential barriers and concerns. Findings indicate that civilian medical organizations are generally receptive to the idea of such a model and that DoD could consider conducting a pilot study to assess the effectiveness of the model in improving military medical readiness
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Title from electronic t.p. (viewed Jan. 29, 2008) , 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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    Increasing aircraft carrier forward presence : changing the length of the maintenance cycle (2008)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corp
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    ISBN: 9780833044075 , 0833045954 , 0833044079 , 9780833045959
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 70 pages)
    Edition: [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library 2010 Electronic reproduction
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation monograph series
    Parallel Title: Print version Increasing aircraft carrier forward presence
    DDC: 359.9/4835
    Keywords: United States Operational readiness ; United States ; Aircraft carriers Maintenance and repair ; Aircraft carriers ; United States ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Political Freedom & Security ; International Security ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Political Freedom & Security ; General ; TECHNOLOGY ; Military Science ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Security (National & International) ; Armed Forces ; Operational readiness ; United States ; Electronic book
    Abstract: The U.S. Navy's aircraft carriers allow the nation to deter adversaries, bring airpower to bear against opponents, engage friends and allies, and provide humanitarian assistance. However, these powerful and versatile systems need continuous and regularly scheduled maintenance, and their crews require a great deal of training to attain and sustain readiness levels. The length of the carrier's training, readiness, deployment, and maintenance cycle, the type of maintenance needed, and the timing of events within the cycle affect the carrier's availability to meet operational needs. Over the past two decades, the proportion of time in a cycle that a carrier spends deployed has decreased, making it difficult for Navy planners to meet the forward-presence requirements of theater commanders. In future years, as the number of carriers in the fleet fluctuates, this challenge will be compounded. In this study, RAND examines the technical feasibility of different cycle lengths and their effect on the forward presence of Nimitz-class aircraft carriers. The authors assess several one- and two-deployment cycles, assuming a deployment length of six months and a time-between-deployments length equal to twice the duration of the previous deployment. The study also presents an analysis of the impact of different cycles on managing shipyard workloads. Among many findings, RAND concludes that shorter cycles can increase the forward presence of the carrier fleet and help level shipyard workloads. However, these shorter cycles will decrease fleet surge readiness. Longer, two-deployment cycles can increase forward presence, but may result in shipyard workload complications and deferred-work backlogs
    Abstract: The U.S. Navy's aircraft carriers allow the nation to deter adversaries, bring airpower to bear against opponents, engage friends and allies, and provide humanitarian assistance. However, these powerful and versatile systems need continuous and regularly scheduled maintenance, and their crews require a great deal of training to attain and sustain readiness levels. The length of the carrier's training, readiness, deployment, and maintenance cycle, the type of maintenance needed, and the timing of events within the cycle affect the carrier's availability to meet operational needs. Over the past two decades, the proportion of time in a cycle that a carrier spends deployed has decreased, making it difficult for Navy planners to meet the forward-presence requirements of theater commanders. In future years, as the number of carriers in the fleet fluctuates, this challenge will be compounded. In this study, RAND examines the technical feasibility of different cycle lengths and their effect on the forward presence of Nimitz-class aircraft carriers. The authors assess several one- and two-deployment cycles, assuming a deployment length of six months and a time-between-deployments length equal to twice the duration of the previous deployment. The study also presents an analysis of the impact of different cycles on managing shipyard workloads. Among many findings, RAND concludes that shorter cycles can increase the forward presence of the carrier fleet and help level shipyard workloads. However, these shorter cycles will decrease fleet surge readiness. Longer, two-deployment cycles can increase forward presence, but may result in shipyard workload complications and deferred-work backlogs
    Note: "MG-706-NAVY"--Page 4 of cover , "Prepared for the United States Navy , Includes bibliographical references (pages 67-70) , Research conducted within the Rand National Defense Research Institute , 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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    Fiscally informed total force manpower (2008)
    Santa Monica, CA : Rand National Defense Research Institute
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    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
    DDC: 355.6/10973
    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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    The thin green line : an assessment of DoD's Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative to buffer installation encroachment (2007)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND Corp
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    ISBN: 9780833041722 , 0833044508 , 9781282081611 , 1282081616 , 9780833044501 , 083304172X
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxx, 223 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Lachman, Beth E., 1960- Thin green line
    Keywords: Military bases Environmental aspects ; Military bases ; Armed Forces ; Environmental aspects ; Military bases ; Environmental aspects ; Environmental Engineering ; Civil & Environmental Engineering ; Engineering & Applied Sciences ; United States ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; HISTORY ; Military ; Other ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Environmental Policy ; United States Armed Forces ; Environmental aspects ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Over the past few decades, military installations have experienced diminishing open space near their borders from suburban sprawl and other developments. Such encroachment pressures limit the ability to conduct mission-essential testing and training. Such development can also destroy or displace native plant and animal species, the result being that military installations become islands of refuge for threatened and endangered species, which can also restrict an installation's operations. In 2003, DoD created the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative (REPI) to help address such encroachment pressures. The REPI program helps installations implement compatible land use partnering projects with state and local governments and non-governmental organizations to protect non-military land, which helps relieve installation encroachment pressures. In this monograph, RAND researchers assessed the effectiveness of the REPI projects. The authors also identify the main causes of encroachment; detail the benefits, both to the military and local communities, of buffering areas near installations with REPI projects; and provide recommendations for how to improve REPI's effectiveness
    Abstract: Over the past few decades, military installations have experienced diminishing open space near their borders from suburban sprawl and other developments. Such encroachment pressures limit the ability to conduct mission-essential testing and training. Such development can also destroy or displace native plant and animal species, the result being that military installations become islands of refuge for threatened and endangered species, which can also restrict an installation's operations. In 2003, DoD created the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative (REPI) to help address such encroachment pressures. The REPI program helps installations implement compatible land use partnering projects with state and local governments and non-governmental organizations to protect non-military land, which helps relieve installation encroachment pressures. In this monograph, RAND researchers assessed the effectiveness of the REPI projects. The authors also identify the main causes of encroachment; detail the benefits, both to the military and local communities, of buffering areas near installations with REPI projects; and provide recommendations for how to improve REPI's effectiveness
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    Understanding proto-insurgencies (2007)
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    ISBN: 9780833041364 , 0833042823 , 0833041363 , 9780833042828
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 60 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand counterinsurgency study paper 3
    Series Statement: Occasional paper (Rand Corporation) OP-178
    Parallel Title: Print version Byman, Daniel, 1967- Understanding proto-insurgencies
    DDC: 355.02/18
    Keywords: Insurgency ; Terrorism Prevention ; Counterinsurgency ; Insurgency ; Terrorism ; Counterinsurgency ; Counterinsurgency ; Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) ; Insurgency ; Diplomatic relations ; Terrorism ; Prevention ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; HISTORY ; Military ; Other ; United States ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Security (National & International) ; United States Foreign relations ; United States Influence ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: To gain the size and capabilities of an insurgency, a would-be insurgent movement must create a politically relevant identity; it must espouse a cause that is popular beyond the group; it must gain dominance over rival organizations; and it must find a sanctuary that provides respite from police, intelligence, and military services. Violence is instrumental in all the tasks proto-insurgencies seek to accomplish. However, violence can also backfire on them, since few people support it. Support from outside states offers numerous advantages to groups seeking to become insurgencies. It can provide safe haven, money, training, and help with political mobilization. It can also help groups overcome logistical difficulties, hinder intelligence-gathering against them, and legitimize them, making government delegitimization efforts almost impossible. Outside states, however, often deliberately try to control or even weaken the group and at times can reduce its political popularity. The reaction of the state is often the most important factor in a movement's overall success. Perhaps the best and most efficient way to prevent proto-insurgents from gaining ground is through in-group policing, since groups know their own members and can enable arrests or other forms of pressure. The government can also promote rival identities. Governments must, however, recognize the proto-insurgents' weaknesses and avoid overreaction that may inadvertently strengthen them. The most obvious action for the United States is to anticipate the possibility of an insurgency developing before it materializes. It can also provide behind-the-scenes training and advisory programs and can help inhibit outside support
    Abstract: To gain the size and capabilities of an insurgency, a would-be insurgent movement must create a politically relevant identity; it must espouse a cause that is popular beyond the group; it must gain dominance over rival organizations; and it must find a sanctuary that provides respite from police, intelligence, and military services. Violence is instrumental in all the tasks proto-insurgencies seek to accomplish. However, violence can also backfire on them, since few people support it. Support from outside states offers numerous advantages to groups seeking to become insurgencies. It can provide safe haven, money, training, and help with political mobilization. It can also help groups overcome logistical difficulties, hinder intelligence-gathering against them, and legitimize them, making government delegitimization efforts almost impossible. Outside states, however, often deliberately try to control or even weaken the group and at times can reduce its political popularity. The reaction of the state is often the most important factor in a movement's overall success. Perhaps the best and most efficient way to prevent proto-insurgents from gaining ground is through in-group policing, since groups know their own members and can enable arrests or other forms of pressure. The government can also promote rival identities. Governments must, however, recognize the proto-insurgents' weaknesses and avoid overreaction that may inadvertently strengthen them. The most obvious action for the United States is to anticipate the possibility of an insurgency developing before it materializes. It can also provide behind-the-scenes training and advisory programs and can help inhibit outside support
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    Byting back : regaining information superiority against 21st-century insurgents (2007)
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    ISBN: 9780833041890 , 0833042882 , 0833041894 , 9780833042880
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxiv, 159 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand counterinsurgency study v. 1
    Parallel Title: Print version Byting back
    DDC: 322.42
    Keywords: Military art and science ; Afghan War, 2001- ; Insurgency ; Iraq War, 2003-2011 ; Military art and science ; Afghan War, 2001- ; Insurgency ; Iraq War, 2003-2011 ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Security (National & International) ; Insurgency ; Military art and science ; Political Science ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Political Theory of the State ; Military Administration ; Iraq War (2003-2011) ; Iraq ; United States ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Political Process ; Political Advocacy ; Afghan War (2001- ) ; Electronic books
    Abstract: U.S. counterinsurgency efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan have failed to exploit information power, which could be a U.S. advantage but instead is being used advantageously by insurgents. Because insurgency and counterinsurgency involve a battle for the allegiance of a population between a government and an armed opposition movement, the key to exploiting information power is to connect with and learn from the population itself, increasing the effectiveness of both the local government and the U.S. military and civilian services engaged in supporting it. Utilizing mostly available networking technology, the United States could achieve early, affordable, and substantial gains in the effectiveness of counterinsurgency by more open, integrated, and inclusive information networking with the population, local authorities, and coalition partners. The most basic information link with the population would be an information technology (IT)-enhanced, fraud-resistant registry-census. The most promising link would come from utilizing local cell phone networks, which are proliferating even among poor countries. Access to data routinely collected by such networks can form the basis for security services such as enhanced-911 and forensics. The cell phones of a well-wired citizenry can be tantamount to sensor fields in settled areas. They can link indigenous forces with each other and with U.S. forces without interoperability problems; they can also track the responses of such forces to emergencies. Going further, outfitting weaponry with video cameras would bolster surveillance, provide lessons learned, and guard against operator misconduct. Establishing a national Wiki can help citizens describe their neighborhoods to familiarize U.S. forces with them and can promote accountable service delivery. All such information can improve counterinsurgency operations by making U.S. forces and agencies far better informed than they are at present. The authors argue that today's military and intelligence networks -- being closed, compartmentalized, controlled by information providers instead of users, and limited to U.S. war fighters -- hamper counterinsurgency and deprive the United States of what ought to be a strategic advantage. In contrast, based on a review of 160 requirements for counterinsurgency, the authors call for current networks to be replaced by an integrated counterinsurgency operating network (ICON) linking U.S. and indigenous operators, based on principles of inclusi ...
    Abstract: U.S. counterinsurgency efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan have failed to exploit information power, which could be a U.S. advantage but instead is being used advantageously by insurgents. Because insurgency and counterinsurgency involve a battle for the allegiance of a population between a government and an armed opposition movement, the key to exploiting information power is to connect with and learn from the population itself, increasing the effectiveness of both the local government and the U.S. military and civilian services engaged in supporting it. Utilizing mostly available networking technology, the United States could achieve early, affordable, and substantial gains in the effectiveness of counterinsurgency by more open, integrated, and inclusive information networking with the population, local authorities, and coalition partners. The most basic information link with the population would be an information technology (IT)-enhanced, fraud-resistant registry-census. The most promising link would come from utilizing local cell phone networks, which are proliferating even among poor countries. Access to data routinely collected by such networks can form the basis for security services such as enhanced-911 and forensics. The cell phones of a well-wired citizenry can be tantamount to sensor fields in settled areas. They can link indigenous forces with each other and with U.S. forces without interoperability problems; they can also track the responses of such forces to emergencies. Going further, outfitting weaponry with video cameras would bolster surveillance, provide lessons learned, and guard against operator misconduct. Establishing a national Wiki can help citizens describe their neighborhoods to familiarize U.S. forces with them and can promote accountable service delivery. All such information can improve counterinsurgency operations by making U.S. forces and agencies far better informed than they are at present. The authors argue that today's military and intelligence networks -- being closed, compartmentalized, controlled by information providers instead of users, and limited to U.S. war fighters -- hamper counterinsurgency and deprive the United States of what ought to be a strategic advantage. In contrast, based on a review of 160 requirements for counterinsurgency, the authors call for current networks to be replaced by an integrated counterinsurgency operating network (ICON) linking U.S. and indigenous operators, based on principles of inclusi ...
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    Combating terrorism : how prepared are state and local response organizations? (2006)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND National Defense Research Institute
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    ISBN: 9780833037381 , 0833042394 , 0833037382 , 9780833042392
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxviii, 167 pages)
    Edition: [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library 2011 Electronic reproduction
    Parallel Title: Print version Combating terrorism
    DDC: 363.325/17
    Keywords: Emergency management Evaluation ; Terrorism Prevention ; Evaluation ; Civil defense Evaluation ; Emergency management ; Terrorism ; Civil defense ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Political Freedom & Security ; Terrorism ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Terrorism ; Emergency management ; Evaluation ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Ch. 1. Introduction -- ch. 2. Preparedness activities -- ch. 3. Organizations' views about funding needs and relationships between perceived threat, funding, and preparedness -- ch. 4. Conclusions -- Appendix. A. Comparison of distribution of funding and support and preparedness activities -- B. Participation in federally sponsored programs since 9/11 -- C. Weighting and sampling design -- D. The survey instrument -- E. Survey III of federal preparedness programs for combating terrorism : fire department instrument
    Abstract: Ch. 1. Introduction -- ch. 2. Preparedness activities -- ch. 3. Organizations' views about funding needs and relationships between perceived threat, funding, and preparedness -- ch. 4. Conclusions -- Appendix. A. Comparison of distribution of funding and support and preparedness activities -- B. Participation in federally sponsored programs since 9/11 -- C. Weighting and sampling design -- D. The survey instrument -- E. Survey III of federal preparedness programs for combating terrorism : fire department instrument
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    Experimental poverty measures : summary of a workshop (2005)
    Washington, D.C : National Academies Press
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    ISBN: 0309547121 , 9780309547123
    Language: English
    Pages: viii, 45 pages , 24 cm
    Edition: Boulder, Colo NetLibrary 2005 Online-Ressource E-Books von NetLibrary
    Series Statement: EBSCOhost eBook Collection
    Parallel Title: Print version Experimental poverty measures
    Keywords: Poverty Statistical methods. ; Poor Congresses. ; Income distribution Congresses. ; Households Congresses. ; Wealth Congresses. ; Poverty Statistical methods ; United States ; Poor Congresses ; United States ; Income distribution Congresses ; United States ; Households Congresses ; United States ; Wealth Congresses ; United States ; United States ; Wealth Congresses ; Poor Congresses ; Poverty Statistical methods ; Income distribution Congresses ; Households Congresses ; Poor Congresses ; Poverty Statistical methods ; Households Congresses ; Wealth Congresses ; Income distribution Congresses ; Poverty Statistical methods. ; Poor Congresses. ; Income distribution Congresses. ; Households Congresses. ; Wealth Congresses. ; Poverty ; Statistical methods ; Wealth ; Poor ; Conference papers and proceedings ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Poverty & Homelessness ; Households ; Income distribution ; Armut ; Einkommensstatistik ; Einkommensverteilung ; Reichtum ; Statistisches Modell ; United States ; USA ; Electronic books. ; Electronic books. ; Electronic books Conference proceedings ; Konferenzschrift ; USA ; Armut ; Reichtum ; Einkommensstatistik ; Einkommensverteilung ; Statistisches Modell ; USA ; Armut ; Reichtum ; Einkommensstatistik ; Einkommensverteilung ; Statistisches Modell
    Abstract: FrontMatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Introduction and Background -- 2 Setting and Updating Thresholds -- 3 Equivalence Scales -- 4 Geographic Adjustments to Thresholds -- 5 Medical Expenses -- 6 Work-Related and Child Care Expenses -- 7 Housing -- 8 Data Issues, Other Topics, and Future Research -- References -- APPENDIXES -- A Workshop Agenda -- B Workshop Participants
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    The September 11th fund final report : 01, 02, 03, 04 (2005)
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    ISBN: 1417576294 , 9781417576296
    Language: English
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    Keywords: Reparation United States ; September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 ; Victims of terrorism Legal status, laws, etc ; United States ; Terrorism victims' families Legal status, laws, etc ; United States ; Reparation (Criminal justice) United States ; Reparation (Criminal justice) ; Victims of terrorism Legal status, laws, etc ; Terrorism victims' families Legal status, laws, etc ; September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 ; Electronic books ; September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001. ; Victims of terrorism Legal status, laws, etc. ; Terrorism victims' families Legal status, laws, etc. ; Reparation ; Electronic books. ; Electronic books
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    The last titan : a life of Theodore Dreiser (2005)
    Berkeley : University of California Press
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    ISBN: 1417585005 , 9781417585007 , 9780520929111 , 052092911X
    Language: English
    Pages: xvi, 480 p , ill , 24 cm
    Edition: Boulder, Colo NetLibrary 2005 Online-Ressource E-Books von NetLibrary
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    Parallel Title: Print version Last titan
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    Keywords: Dreiser, Theodore, ; Dreiser, Theodore 1871-1945 ; Dreiser, Theodore ; Dreiser, Theodore ; Dreiser, Theodore, ; Dreiser, Theodore ; Novelists, American Biography. 20th century ; Journalists Biography. ; Novelists, American Biography ; 20th century ; Journalists Biography ; United States ; Journalists Biography ; Novelists, American Biography 20th century ; Journalists Biography ; Novelists, American Biography 20th century ; Novelists, American Biography. 20th century ; Journalists Biography. ; Novelists, American 20th century ; Journalists United States ; Electronic books ; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY ; Literary ; LITERARY CRITICISM ; American ; General ; Journalists ; Novelists, American ; Biographies ; Biographie ; United States ; Electronic books. ; Electronic book ; Electronic books. ; Electronic books ; Biografie ; Dreiser, Theodore 1871-1945 ; Biografie ; Dreiser, Theodore 1871-1945 ; Dreiser, Theodore 1871-1945
    Abstract: Hoosier hard times -- A very bard of a city -- This matter of reporting -- Survival of the fittest -- Editorial days -- The writer -- Sister Carrie -- Down hill and up -- Return of the novelist -- Life after the Titanic -- The genius himself -- Back to the future -- An American tragedy -- Celebrity -- Tragic America -- Facing West -- Selected works of Theodore Dreiser
    Description / Table of Contents: Hoosier hard times --A very bard of a city --This matter of reporting --Survival of the fittest --Editorial days --The writer --Sister Carrie --Down hill and up --Return of the novelist --Life after the Titanic --The genius himself --Back to the future --An American tragedy --Celebrity --Tragic America --Facing West --Selected works of Theodore Dreiser.
    Description / Table of Contents: Hoosier hard timesA very bard of a cityThis matter of reportingSurvival of the fittestEditorial daysThe writerSister CarrieDown hill and upReturn of the novelistLife after the TitanicThe genius himselfBack to the futureAn American tragedyCelebrityTragic AmericaFacing WestSelected works of Theodore Dreiser.
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