Embracing the Fog of War Assessment and Metrics in Counterinsurgency

• Main Author: Connable, Ben (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2012
• Subjects: International relations; Espionage & secret services; Military engineering; Political Science; Technology
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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)...