Paths to victory
Subtitle: detailed insurgency case studies
By: Christopher Paul, Colin P. Clarke, Beth Grill, Molly Dunigan
Contributors: Clarke, Colin P.; Grill, Beth; Dunigan, Molly; National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
Publisher: RAND
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 468
ISBN-13: 9780833081094
Subjects: Insurgency; Case studies; Research; Counterinsurgency
Other titles: Paths to victory, lessons from modern insurgencies.
Description: 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.
Notes: " RR-291/2-OSD."

"National Defense Research Institute."

"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."

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

Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-468).
Table of contents: title: Detailed overviews of 41 insurgency cases. UK in Palestine, 1944-1947; title: Greece, 1945-1949; title: Indochina, 1946-1954; title: Philippines (Huk Rebellion), 1946-1956; title: Colombia ("La Violencia"), 1948-1958; title: Malaya, 1948-1955; title: Kenya, 1952-1956; title: Algerian Independence, 1954-1962; title: Cyprus, 1955-1959; title: Cuba, 1956-1959; title: Oman (Imamate Uprising), 1957-1959; title: Indonesia (Darul Islam), 1958-1962; title: Tibet, 1956-1974; title: Guatemala, 1960-1996; title: Laos, 1959-1975; title: Namibia, 1960-1989; title: South Africa, 1960-1990; title: South Vietnam, 1960-1975; title: Eritrea, 1961-1991; title: Iraqi Kurdistan, 1961-1975; title: Angolan Independence, 1961-1974; title: Guinea-Bissau, 1962-1974; title: Mozambican Independence, 1962-1974; title: Yemen, 1962-1970; title: Uruguay, 1963-1972; title: Oman (Dhofar Rebellion), 1965-1975; title: Zimbabwe/Rhodesia, 1965-1980; title: Argentina, 1969-1979; title: Cambodia, 1967-1975; title: Northern Ireland, 1969-1999; title: Jordan, 1970-1971; title: Bangladesh, 1971; title: Philippines (MNLF), 1971-1996; title: Baluchistan, 1973-1978; title: Angola (UNITA), 1975-2002; title: Indonesia (East Timor), 1975-2000; title: Lebanese Civil War, 1975-1990; title: Western Sahara, 1975-1991; title: Indonesia (Aceh), 1976-2005; title: Mozambique (RENAMO), 1976-1995; title: Sri Lanka, 1976-2009.