Research Catalog

Title

Building Afghanistan's security forces in wartime : the Soviet experience / Olga Oliker.

Author

Oliker, Olga.

Publication

Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2011.

Supplementary Content

• http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2011/RAND_MG1078.pdf
• Table of contents

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Details

Additional Authors

Arroyo Center.

Description

xxv, 100 p. : col. ill.; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Rand Corporation monograph series ; MG-1078-A

Uniform Title

Rand Corporation monograph series ; MG-1078-A.

Subjects

• Internal security > Afghanistan
• Soviet Union > History, Military
• Afghanistan > History, Military > 20th century
• Military assistance, Soviet > Afghanistan
• Afghanistan > History > Soviet occupation, 1979-1989

Note

• "Arroyo Center."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-100).

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available online.

Contents

Machine generated contents note: ch. One Introduction -- The Limited Contingent -- Purpose and Research Approach -- ch. Two Historical Overview: 20th-century Security Aid to Afghanistan Before the Soviet Invasion -- 1920 -- 1978 -- The Saur Revolution -- Evencs Leading Up to the Soviet Invasion -- Afghan Security Forces on the Eve of the Soviet Invasion -- A Decision to Invade? -- ch. Three The Soviet Advisory Mission in the 1980s: Senior Leadership and Reporting Channels -- ch. Four Mol and KhAD Security Forces During the 1980s -- The Sarandoy -- KhAD -- ch. Five The Afghan Military -- The Military Advisory Mission -- Training of Afghan Military Personnel -- Aviation -- Border Forces -- ch. Six Militias and Other Forces -- Citizen Militias -- Border and Tribal Militias -- ch. Seven Afghan Security Forces Challenges and Responses -- Force Size and Desertion -- Efforts to Increase Numbers and Improve Morale -- Equipment -- Division of Labor Among Afghan Security Forces -- Transferring Control -- ch. Eight The Soviet Decision to Withdraw and the Legacy of Soviet Efforts to Build Afghan Security Forces -- Dissenting Voices -- Preparing to Leave -- The Withdrawal and After -- Evaluating Soviet Efforts in Hindsight -- ch. Nine Conclusion; Parallels, Disconnects, and What the International Security Assistance Force Can Learn from the Soviet Experience -- Overall Approaches -- Recruiting and Retention -- Policing -- Counterinsurgency and Military Training -- Interaction Between Afghan and Foreign Forces and the Challenges of Transferring Lead Responsibility -- Afghan Capabilities -- What ISAF Can Learn from the Soviet Experience.

Call Number

JFE 12-2322

ISBN

• 9780833051684 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0833051687 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2011033719

OCLC

746619384

Author

Oliker, Olga.

Title

Building Afghanistan's security forces in wartime : the Soviet experience / Olga Oliker.

Imprint

Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2011.

Series

Rand Corporation monograph series ; MG-1078-A

Rand Corporation monograph series ; MG-1078-A.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-100).

Additional Formats

Also available online.

Connect to:

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2011/RAND_MG1078.pdf

Table of contents

Added Author

Arroyo Center.

Research Call Number

JFE 12-2322