Thesis (M.S. in Defense Analysis)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2009. / Thesis Advisor(s): Simmons, Anna. Second Reader: Lee, Doowan. "December 2009." Description based on title screen as viewed on January 27, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: Population and resource control measures, Population control, Counterinsurgency, COIN, Populationcentric COIN, Social control, Social movement theory. Includes bibliographical references (p. 51-53). Also available in print.

Thesis (M.A. in Security Studies (Far East, Southeast Asia, the Pacific))--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2009. / Thesis Advisor(s): Miller, Alice. Second Reader: Chakwin, Mark. "December 2009." Description based on title screen as viewed on January 28, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: PLA modernization, ROK-U.S. Relationship, ROK-China Relationship, Direct and Indirect Threat, Socotra Rock dispute, The Northeast Project, Taiwan issue, South China Sea dispute. Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-82). Also available in print.

Thesis (M.S. in Defense Analysis)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2008. / Thesis Advisor(s): Johnson, Thomas H. "June 2008." Description based on title screen as viewed on August 26, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-178). Also available in print.

Thesis (M.S. in Defense Analysis)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2008. / Thesis Advisor(s): McNab, Robert ; Guttieri, Karen. "December 2008." Description based on title screen as viewed on January 29, 2009. Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-134). Also available in print.

Thesis (M.A.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1994. / Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references. Also available via the Internet.

Thesis (M.A. in Security Studies (Security Building in a Post-Conflict Environment))--Naval Postgraduate School, Dec. 2004. / Thesis Advisor(s): Gaye Christoffersen, Lyman Miller. Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-76). Also available online.

Thesis (M.S.)--Naval Postgraduate School, 2004. / Title from title screen (viewed Sept. 13, 2004). "June 2004." Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-89). Also issued in paper format.

Thesis (M.S. in Defense Analysis)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2010. / Thesis Advisor: McCormick, Gordon H. ; Second Reader: Gregg, Heather S. "June 2010." Description based on title screen as viewed on July 15, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: Iraq War, surge, insurgency, AQI, Zarqawi, Baghdad, MNF-I, MNC-I, SOF, Islam, tribalism, sectarian violence, Awakening, Sunni, counterinsurgency, insurgent, GWOT, Iraqi Freedom, irregular warfare, U.S. Army, strategy, repression, terrorism, legitimacy, ISI. Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-182). Also available in print.

This Thesis attempts to be an overview of the so far achievements accomplished in the fight against the Afghani rebels and in the reconstruction and state-building in Afghanistan. The author seeks to analyse strategies applied by the Soviets during the Cold War invasion (1979- 1989) and the Western allies under the U.S. leadership in cooperation with NATO (2001- present). The paper describes tactics of the invaders in the two wars and identifies "tipping points" when the conventionally stronger invading powers had to resort to counterinsurgency tactics. The author applies counterinsurgency warfare theory presented by David Galula and others in those phases of conflicts in order to evaluate the success or failure of given strategies. The theoretical framework consists of the theory of asymmetrical conflicts, insurgency warfare and counterinsurgency theory with special focus on its implications when applied in Afghanistan. The main goal of the work is to analyse the weaknesses of the Soviet strategy and to inquire whether the Western allies are not repeating the same mistakes their Cold War counterparts committed.

This thesis argues that while there are various contending notions of how a government can improve its chances of success in a small war, few strategies will be effective without the application of a comprehensive program of population control measures. For this study, small wars are conflicts in which a government uses limited means to secure national objectives against an adversary who uses primarily the tactics of guerrilla warfare. Population control measures are defined as those restrictions imposed on movement, on choice of residence, and on the availability of food that protect the population from the insurgents while simultaneously denying the insurgents access to critical resources. This work examines the vital importance of population control measures in overcoming guerrilla forces lacking external sponsors in small wars during the period 1870 to 1960. Five examples are used to determine their importance: the treatment of prairie Amerindians in the Canadian West (1870 – 1890); the guerrilla phase of the Philippine-American War (1898 – 1902); the guerrilla phase of the South African War (1899 – 1902); the Malayan Emergency (1948 – 1960); and the Kenyan Emergency (1952 – 1960). Within the broad strategies used to prosecute these campaigns, population control measures were a consistent feature and were instrumental in contributing to the termination of the conflicts. Despite their importance, these measures are typically overlooked or only treated superficially when discussed by historians. Therefore, to understand more fully the outcome of small wars, greater attention needs to be applied to the study of these measures. In small wars the primary contest between the belligerents is for control of the people. For the government, the strategic value of population control measures is in how they separate the population from the guerrillas. This denies a wide range of critical resources to the guerrillas and additionally allows the government to both prosecute its campaign more effectively and protect the population better. Population control measures need to be a key component of a government’s strategy in a small war as their proper application may be the tipping-point between success and failure. / Thesis (Ph.D, History) -- Queen's University, 2013-11-29 16:13:52.31