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War by Other Means: Building Complete and Balanced Capabilities for Counterinsurgency

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Examines how the United States should improve its counterinsurgency (COIN) capabilities through, for example, much greater focus on understanding jihadist strategy, using civil measures to strengthen the local government, and enabling local forces to conduct COIN operations. Provides a broad discussion of the investments, organizational changes, and multilateral arrangements that the United States should pursue to improve its COIN capabilities.

520 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

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David C. Gompert

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David C. Gompert was Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence from 2009 to 2010. During 2010, he served as Acting Director of National Intelligence, in which capacity he provided strategic oversight of the U.S. Intelligence Community, and was the President's chief intelligence advisor.

Gompert is currently Distinguished Visiting Professor for National Security Studies at the United States Naval Academy, and Adjunct Senior Fellow of the RAND Corporation. He is a Trustee of Hopkins House Academy, a Director of the Rufus Porter Museum, a Director of Global Integrated Security (USA), Inc., a member of the Advisory Board of the Naval Academy Center for Cyber Security Studies, and Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Institute for the Study of Early Childhood Education.

Prior to service as Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, Gompert was a Senior Fellow at the RAND Corporation, from 2004 to 2009. Before that he was Distinguished Research Professor at the Center for Technology and National Security Policy, National Defense University. From 2003 to 2004, he served as the Senior Advisor for National Security and Defense, Coalition Provisional Authority, Iraq. Gompert served as President of RAND Europe from 2000 to 2003, and was Vice President of RAND and Director of the National Defense Research Institute from 1993 to 2000.

Gompert has published extensively on international affairs, national security policy, and information technology. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy and a Master of Public Affairs degree from the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University.

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#الحرب_بطرق_أخرى
نشرت مؤسسة راند تقريرا عن "الحرب بطرق أخرى" لتقييم خطر "التمرد الإسلامي" بفئاته المختلفة، ومنها "الإرهاب المسلح". و يحلل التقرير 89 حالة تمرد في العموم، و أسباب نجاحها و فشلها، و طرق مكافحة التمرد بشكل مدني-عسكري، و استخدام مؤسسات مدنية متعددة الجنسيات للحد من استخدام السلاح بشكل مباشر.
في نهاية الكتاب’ بعد المرور على كلمة "التمرد الإسلامي" هكذا بوضوح، أصبحت أظن أنه من العبث ذكر كتب سيد قطب كمصدر للأصولية الدنية، يكفي أن تقرأ تقارير راند.
الكتاب مُلخصه تم وضعه في 60 صفحة جائت في مطلع ال 520 صفحة حجم البحث الأساسي. أرشح بعنف بكثرة بشدة جدا جدا يعني قراءة ال 60 صفحة، ثم المرور على الجداول في آخر الكتاب (طريقة تقييم المؤسسات الدولية(بنوك، منظمات مجتمع مدني، ) و تقييم إمكانات الدول (تدريب تعليم، شرطة، ..) و تقييم مؤسسات المنح الأمريكية و الأمن ... إلخ، و كيفية توظيفها في "الحرب ضد التمرد بطرق أخرى".... ) الجداول تعطي بعدا آخر في طريقة التخطيط الاستراتيجي.

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حتى الجماعات المتوازنة غير المتطرفة تعتبر غير مرغوب فيها حاليا ولا بديل غير إسلام الدراويش ويفضل إن لا يكون موجودًا أيضًا.
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