insights from the experiences of China, France, the United Kingdom, India, and Israel Johnson, David E. (David Eugene) 1950- United States Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) Rand Corporation National Defense Research Institute (U.S.) ebrary, Inc text bibliography Electronic books. cau Santa Monica, CA RAND 2009 monographic eng

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xxxvii, 275 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps. "The difficult and continually evolving operations in Iraq and Afghanistan show the complexities of what is now termed irregular warfare and highlight the need for new approaches to the security challenges with which the United States is now contending and will likely confront in the future. The research reported in this monograph focused on answering a rather straightforward, but thus far largely unanswered, question: What can the U.S. military learn from other militaries about how better to prepare for full-spectrum operations and deployments? To this end, RAND was asked by the OSD for Personnel and Readiness to examine the militaries of China, France, the UK, India, and Israel."--P. xiii. China -- France -- The United Kingdom -- India -- Israel. David E. Johnson ... [et al.]. "MG-836-OSD"--P. [4] of cover. "National Defense Research Institute"--P. [1] of cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-175). Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense W74V8H-06-C-0002 Military planning Operational readiness (Military science) Soldiers Training of U150 .P74 2009eb 355.6/84 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10375767 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10375767 CaPaEBR 091125 ebr10375767