Counterinsurgency in a test tube : analyzing the success of the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI)

Counterinsurgency in a test tube : analyzing the success of the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) /

With a matter of weeks to prepare, Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) personnel landed on July 24, 2003, armed for conflict but equally ready to restore peace without firing a shot in anger. RAMSI's aim was to assist the existing government in reestablishing order and rebuil...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Glenn, Russell W.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corp., 2007.
Subjects:
Counterinsurgency > Solomon Islands.
Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands, 2003-
Armed Forces > Operations other than war.
Police > Solomon Islands.
Intervention (International law) > Case studies.
Australia > Armed Forces > Foreign service > Solomon Islands.
New Zealand > Armed Forces > Foreign service > Solomon Islands.
Online Access: Full text (Emmanuel users only)
Table of Contents:
  • Background and brief history of operation Helpem Fren, the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI)
  • Considering the nature of insurgency and counterinsurgency
  • July 2003 Solomon Islands as an insurgency: participant perspectives
  • Successful COIN: three crucial conditions
  • RAMSI: was it a counterinsurgency?
  • Fitting the RAMSI square peg into the world's round holes.

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