Underkill Scalable Capabilities for Military Operations amid Populations

• Main Author: Gompert, David C. (auth)
• Other Authors: Johnson, Stuart E. (auth), Libicki, Martin C. (auth), Frelinger, David R. (auth), Gordon, John IV (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2009
• Subjects: International relations; Warfare & defence; Military engineering; Political Science; Technology
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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 cap...