Lessons for Contemporary Counterinsurgencies: The Rhodesian Experience

Abstract

This report examines the counterinsurgency campaign waged by Rhodesia between 1965 and 1980. Its purpose is to analyze the lessons learned from the Rhodesian conflict and assess the relevance of these lessons both to United States low intensity conflict training and doctrine and to the insurgencies occurring at this time in Central America. The research concentrated on the four areas common to most insurgencies: (1) security force organization and attendant C3 issues; (2) countermeasures to suppress urban terrorism; (3) rural pacification and security; and (4) intelligence collection, collation, and dissemination.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA238998

Entities

People

  • Bruce Hoffman
  • David P Arnold
  • Jennifer M. Taw

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Combat Areas
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Disinformation Operations
  • Employment
  • Explosive Devices
  • Governments
  • Guerrilla Warfare
  • Intelligence Collection
  • Land Mines
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • History

Readers

  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control