Counterinsurgency: A Symposium, April 16-20, 1962
Abstract
This is a report on the Symposium on Counterinsurgency that was held at The RAND Corporation s Washington Office during the week of April 16, 1962. The Symposium was sponsored by the Advanced Research Projects Agency, and was organized and chaired by Stephen T. Hosmer of RAND's Social Science Department. The basic rationale in undertaking the Symposium was that, rather than approach the problems of guerrilla and counterguerrilla warfare theoretically and academically, it might be useful to draw on the knowledge of men of recent and direct experience in counterinsurgency, with a view to assembling a large body of detailed information and judgment on the multifarious aspects of this inadequately explored form of conflict. It was hoped that such a pragmatic approach would not only provide fruitful insights into earlier struggles but would, above all, yield valuable lessons for the future. The main criterion in the selection of the participants, therefore, was that each have firsthand and successful experience in some phase of insurgent or counterinsurgent operations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0299506
Entities
People
- S. O. Crane
- S. T. Hosmer
Organizations
- RAND Corporation