Research Catalog

Title

Ungoverned territories : understanding and reducing terrorism risks / Angel Rabasa ... [et al.].

Publication

Santa Monica, CA : RAND, c2007.

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Additional Authors

• Rabasa, Angel.
• Rand Corporation.
• Project Air Force (U.S.)

Description

xxxii, 364 p. : ill., maps; 26 cm.

Summary

Using a two-tiered framework areas applied to eight case studies from around the globe, the authors of this ground-breaking work seek to understand the conditions that give rise to ungoverned territories and make them conducive to a terrorist or insurgent presence. They also develop strategies to improve the U.S. ability to mitigate their effects on U.S. security interests.

Subject

• Terrorism > Prevention > Case studies
• Political stability > Case studies
• Security, International

Genre/Form

Case studies

Note

• "MG-561."
• "Prepared for the United States Air Force."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-352) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Understanding lack of governance -- Dimensions of ungovernability -- Dimensions of conduciveness -- Comparative analysis of case studies -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Case study : the Pakistani-Afghan border region -- Case study : the Arabian Peninsula.

ISBN

9780833041524 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2007023733

OCLC

• 144570843
• SCSB-10546268

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library