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Embracing the Fog of War

Author

Connable, Ben

Year

2012

Publisher

RAND Corporation

Type

BOOK

Category

Political Science

Language

English

Pages

341

ISBN

978-0-83306-840-8

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09-Sep-2024

Keywords

POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General;POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage;TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science

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The unpredictable counterinsurgency environment challenges centralized, quantitative campaign assessment. A comprehensive examination of the centralized, quantitative approach to assessment, as described in the literature and doctrine and applied in two primary case studies (Vietnam and Afghanistan), reveals weaknesses and gaps and proposes an alternative process: contextual assessment.

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