Jedburgh
02-28-2005, 05:39 PM
Urban Battle Fields of South Asia: Lessons Learned from Sri Lanka, India, and Pakistan (http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2004/RAND_MG210.pdf)
This monograph will analyze cases involving sustained campaigns of urban terrorism that have occurred in Sri Lanka, India, and Pakistan. It will identify key innovations of the organizations using terrorism. It will also detail the three states’ responses to the evolving threats they confront, noting successful as well as unsuccessful efforts. This effort will specifically focus upon the operational and tactical aspects of the selected campaigns. It will not address the political, economic and sociological dimensions of these cases, which have been amply addressed by the literature on these conflicts.
This monograph has several purposes. First, it seeks to garner operational insights from the experiences of countries that may enhance the Army’s ability to operate in the urban environment. Second, it identifies common structural similarities within the militant organizations in question that might be targeted to degrade their ability to project power. Third, as these states are all partners to various extents in the global war on terrorism, this report describes ways to improve security cooperation programs with these states. Finally, it lists key insights from these countries that may inform U.S. stability operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and future operations.
This monograph will analyze cases involving sustained campaigns of urban terrorism that have occurred in Sri Lanka, India, and Pakistan. It will identify key innovations of the organizations using terrorism. It will also detail the three states’ responses to the evolving threats they confront, noting successful as well as unsuccessful efforts. This effort will specifically focus upon the operational and tactical aspects of the selected campaigns. It will not address the political, economic and sociological dimensions of these cases, which have been amply addressed by the literature on these conflicts.
This monograph has several purposes. First, it seeks to garner operational insights from the experiences of countries that may enhance the Army’s ability to operate in the urban environment. Second, it identifies common structural similarities within the militant organizations in question that might be targeted to degrade their ability to project power. Third, as these states are all partners to various extents in the global war on terrorism, this report describes ways to improve security cooperation programs with these states. Finally, it lists key insights from these countries that may inform U.S. stability operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and future operations.