Victory has a thousand fathers : detailed counterinsurgency case studies / Christopher Paul, Colin P. Clarke, Beth Grill.

"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."

"This monograph presents detailed case histories for each of the COIN [counterinsurgency] campaigns examined in the analysis. A companion volume, Victory Has a Thousand Fathers: Sources of Success in Counterinsurgency, describes the qualitative comparative approach, presents findings from the overall analyses, and explains the study's case selection and methodology in more detail. It also presents an overview and in-depth assessments of the key approaches, practices, and factors that feature prominently in successful COIN operations. The full case data can be downloaded at http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG964/." --P. iii.

Detailed overviews of 30 counterinsurgency cases -- Nicaragua (Somoza), 1978-1979 -- Afghanistan (anti-Soviet), 1978-1992 -- Kampuchea, 1978-1992 -- El Salvador, 1979-1992 -- Somalia, 1980-1991 -- Peru, 1980-1992 -- Nicaragua (Contras), 1981-1990 -- Senegal, 1982-2002 -- Turkey (PKK), 1984-1999 -- Sudan (SPLA), 1984-2004 -- Uganda (ADF), 1986-2000 -- Papua New Guinea, 1988-1998 -- Liberia, 1989-1997 - Rwanda, 1990-1994 -- Moldova, 1990-1992 -- Sierra Leona, 1991-2002 -- Algeria (GIA), 1992-2004 -- Croatia, 1992-1995 -- Afghanistan (post-Soviet), 1992-1996 -- Tajikistan, 1992-1997 -- Georgia/Abkhazia, 1992-1994 -- Nagorno-Karabakh, 1992-1994 --Bosnia, 1992-1995 -- Burundi, 1993-2003 -- Chechnya I, 1994-1996 -- Afghanistan (Taliban), 1996-2001 -- Zaire (anti-Mobuto), 1996-1997 -- Kosovo, 1996-1999 -- Nepal, 1997-2006 --Democratic Republic of the Congo (anti-Kabila), 1998-2003.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-327)

Also available via the Internet.