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001 2011019199
003 DLC
005 20111122080329.0
008 110504s2011 caua b 000 0 eng
010 $a 2011019199
020 $a9780833052117 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a083305211X (pbk. : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn722843848
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050 00 $aUA853.A3$bK45 2011
082 00 $a355/.0325810973$223
100 1 $aKelly, Terrence K.
245 10 $aSecurity force assistance in Afghanistan :$bidentifying lessons for future efforts /$cTerrence K. Kelly, Nora Bensahel, Olga Oliker.
260 $aSanta Monica, CA :$bRAND,$c2011.
300 $axxviii, 131 p. :$bcol. ill. ;$c23 cm.
490 1 $aRand Corporation monograph series
500 $a"Prepared for the United States Army."
500 $a"Arroyo Center."
500 $a"MG-1066-A"--P. [4] of cover.
520 $aSecurity force assistance (SFA) is a central pillar of the counterinsurgency campaign being waged by U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan. The outcome of the campaign hinges, in large measure, on the effectiveness of the assistance given to the Afghan National Army, Afghan National Police, and other security forces, assistance that the International Security Force must provide while fighting the insurgents. Yet senior U.S. military and civilian officials have posed many questions about the effectiveness of SFA in Afghanistan, and no empirically rigorous assessments exist to help answer these questions. This monograph analyzes SFA efforts in Afghanistan over time and documents U.S. and international approaches to building the Afghan National Security Forces from 2001 to 2009. Finally, it provides observations and recommendations that emerged from extensive fieldwork in Afghanistan in 2009 and their implications for the U.S Army.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 125-131).
536 $aThe research described in this report was sponsored by the U.S. Army under contract no. W74V8H-06-C-001.
530 $aAlso available via the Internet.
610 20 $aInternational Security Assistance Force (Afghanistan)
610 20 $aNorth Atlantic Treaty Organization$xArmed Forces$zAfghanistan.
610 10 $aAfghanistan.$bAfghan National Army.
650 0 $aArmed Forces$xStability operations.
650 0 $aCounterinsurgency$zAfghanistan.
650 0 $aMilitary assistance, American$zAfghanistan.
650 0 $aNational security$zAfghanistan.
650 0 $aInternal security$zAfghanistan.
650 0 $aCombined operations (Military science)
651 0 $aUnited States$xArmed Forces$xStability operations.
700 1 $aBensahel, Nora,$d1971-
700 1 $aOliker, Olga.
710 2 $aArroyo Center.
830 0 $aRand Corporation monograph series.
856 41 $uhttp://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monographs/2011/RAND_MG1066.pdf