Accession Number:

AD0680697

Title:

CONTROLLING SMALL WARS,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• Wolf,Charles , Jr

Report Date:

1968-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

17.0

Abstract:

The document discusses the following questions The sources and causes of insurgency. How the sources and causes are combined and converted into an effective insurgent organization and operation. The concepts and doctrines which can help in understanding insurgency, from either the side of the initiator or the opponent. How an insurgency can be made to wax and win, or to wilt and wane. Programs which can be formulated to deter or anticipate it, or to control or suppress it once it has started. Author

Descriptors:

• *INSURGENCY
• *LIMITED WARFARE
• CONTROL
• COUNTERINSURGENCY
• TACTICAL WARFARE
• CIVIL DEFENSE
• MILITARY PSYCHOLOGY
• FOREIGN POLICY

Subject Categories:

• Unconventional Warfare

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE