Embracing the Fog of War Assessment and Metrics in Counterinsurgency

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)...

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Main Author: Connable, Ben (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: RAND Corporation 2012
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