Counterinsurgency Scorecard Afghanistan in Early 2013 Relative to Insurgencies Since World War II

• Main Author: Paul, Christopher (auth)
• Other Authors: Clarke, Colin P. (auth), Grill, Beth (auth), Dunigan, Molly (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2013
• Subjects: Database design & theory; International relations; Warfare & defence; Technology; Political Science
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

A key finding of previous RAND research on insurgencies worldwide since World War II was that an overall score on a scorecard of 15 equally weighted good and 11 equally weighted bad counterinsurgency factors and practices perfectly discriminated conflicts' historical outcomes. Using the scoreca...