A PROPOSED MEASURE OF EFFECTIVENESS FOR COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS

Abstract

This thesis outlines the steps an insurgency normally takes and describes the present strategy used to combat the insurgency in South Vietnam as well as the measures of effectiveness currently being used in that country. The need for a measure of effectiveness relating directly to the people of the country engaged in counterinsurgency operations is established and methodology for an allegiance measure, based on current, well-documented psychological testing techniques is proposed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0822796

Entities

People

  • Raymond L. Simonsen

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civic Action
  • Counterinsurgency
  • Education
  • Geographic Regions
  • Governments
  • Guerrilla Warfare
  • Infrastructure
  • Insurgency
  • Measurement
  • Military Personnel
  • Security
  • South Vietnam
  • Terrorists
  • Test Methods
  • United States
  • Vietnam
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.