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The Resource Rolling back the Islamic State, Seth G. Jones, James Dobbins, Daniel Byman, Christopher S. Chivvis, Ben Connable, Jeffrey Martini, Eric Robinson, Nathan Chandler

Rolling back the Islamic State, Seth G. Jones, James Dobbins, Daniel Byman, Christopher S. Chivvis, Ben Connable, Jeffrey Martini, Eric Robinson, Nathan Chandler

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"The Islamic State is a byproduct of the 2003 American intervention in Iraq and the subsequent American departure in 2011. At its peak in late 2014, the group held more than 100,000 square kilometers of territory with a population of nearly 12 million, mostly in Iraq and Syria. Beginning in 2015, the Islamic State began to lose territory as it faced increasingly effective resistance. Still, the Islamic State continues to conduct and inspire attacks around the world. This report assesses the threat the Islamic State poses to the United States and examines four possible strategies to counter the group: disengagement, containment, rollback 'light' (with a reliance on local forces backed by U.S. special operations forces, Central Intelligence Agency and other intelligence assets, and airpower), and rollback 'heavy' (adding the employment of American conventional forces in ground combat). The authors conclude that the United States should pursue a light rollback strategy. They also recommend additional steps, such as rebalancing counterterrorism efforts to address grievances, loosening restrictions on U.S. military operations, increasing U.S. military posture in Africa, and tightening restrictions in the Islamic State's internet access."--
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eng
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xxiii, 272 pages
Contents
  • Part I. The challenge and approach. Introduction
  • The rise and decline of the Islamic State
  • U.S. strategy
  • Part II. Country campaigns. Iraq
  • Syria
  • Libya
  • Nigeria
  • Egypt
  • Afghanistan
  • Part III. The global campaign. The ideological and information campaign
  • Recommendations
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9780833097569
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Rolling back the Islamic State
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Rolling back the Islamic State
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Seth G. Jones, James Dobbins, Daniel Byman, Christopher S. Chivvis, Ben Connable, Jeffrey Martini, Eric Robinson, Nathan Chandler
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eng
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"The Islamic State is a byproduct of the 2003 American intervention in Iraq and the subsequent American departure in 2011. At its peak in late 2014, the group held more than 100,000 square kilometers of territory with a population of nearly 12 million, mostly in Iraq and Syria. Beginning in 2015, the Islamic State began to lose territory as it faced increasingly effective resistance. Still, the Islamic State continues to conduct and inspire attacks around the world. This report assesses the threat the Islamic State poses to the United States and examines four possible strategies to counter the group: disengagement, containment, rollback 'light' (with a reliance on local forces backed by U.S. special operations forces, Central Intelligence Agency and other intelligence assets, and airpower), and rollback 'heavy' (adding the employment of American conventional forces in ground combat). The authors conclude that the United States should pursue a light rollback strategy. They also recommend additional steps, such as rebalancing counterterrorism efforts to address grievances, loosening restrictions on U.S. military operations, increasing U.S. military posture in Africa, and tightening restrictions in the Islamic State's internet access."--
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Jones, Seth G.
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  • maps
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non fiction
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  • Dobbins, James
  • Byman, Daniel
  • Chivvis, Christopher S.
  • Connable, Ben
  • Martini, Jeffrey
  • Robinson, Eric
  • Chandler, Nathan
  • National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
  • Rand Corporation
  • International Security and Defense Policy Center
  • Rand Corporation
  • Smith Richardson Foundation
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Research report
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RR-1912
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  • Terrorism
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorism
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Rolling back the Islamic State, Seth G. Jones, James Dobbins, Daniel Byman, Christopher S. Chivvis, Ben Connable, Jeffrey Martini, Eric Robinson, Nathan Chandler
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-272)
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Contents
Part I. The challenge and approach. Introduction -- The rise and decline of the Islamic State -- U.S. strategy -- Part II. Country campaigns. Iraq -- Syria -- Libya -- Nigeria -- Egypt -- Afghanistan -- Part III. The global campaign. The ideological and information campaign -- Recommendations
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ocn985073901
Dimensions
23 cm.
Extent
xxiii, 272 pages
Isbn
9780833097569
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unmediated
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rdamedia
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color illustrations, color maps
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(OCoLC)985073901
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Rolling back the Islamic State, Seth G. Jones, James Dobbins, Daniel Byman, Christopher S. Chivvis, Ben Connable, Jeffrey Martini, Eric Robinson, Nathan Chandler
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-272)
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
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text
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  • txt
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rdacontent
Contents
Part I. The challenge and approach. Introduction -- The rise and decline of the Islamic State -- U.S. strategy -- Part II. Country campaigns. Iraq -- Syria -- Libya -- Nigeria -- Egypt -- Afghanistan -- Part III. The global campaign. The ideological and information campaign -- Recommendations
Control code
ocn985073901
Dimensions
23 cm.
Extent
xxiii, 272 pages
Isbn
9780833097569
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
color illustrations, color maps
System control number
(OCoLC)985073901

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