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Summary:

"The Islamic State is a byproduct of the 2003 American intervention in Iraq and the subsequent American departure in 2011. At its peak in late 2014, the group held more than 100,000 square kilometers of territory with a population of nearly 12 million, mostly in Iraq and Syria. Beginning in 2015, the Islamic State began to lose territory as it faced increasingly effective resistance. Still, the Islamic State continues to conduct and inspire attacks around the world. This report assesses the threat the Islamic State poses to the United States and examines four possible strategies to counter the group: disengagement, containment, rollback 'light' (with a reliance on local forces backed by U.S. special operations forces, Central Intelligence Agency and other intelligence assets, and airpower), and rollback 'heavy' (adding the employment of American conventional forces in ground combat). The authors conclude that the United States should pursue a light rollback strategy. They also recommend additional steps, such as rebalancing counterterrorism efforts to address grievances, loosening restrictions on U.S. military operations, increasing U.S. military posture in Africa, and tightening restrictions in the Islamic State's internet access."--Publisher's web site.

Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: pt. I Challenge and Approach
• ch. One Introduction
• ch. Two Rise and Decline of the Islamic State
• ch. Three U.S. Strategy
• pt. II Country Campaigns
• ch. Four Iraq
• ch. Five Syria
• ch. Six Libya
• ch. Seven Nigeria
• ch. Eight Egypt
• ch. Nine Afghanistan
• pt. III Global Campaign
• ch. Ten Ideological and Information Campaign
• ch. Eleven Recommendations
• APPENDIXES
• A. Per-Troop Rollback Cost Methodology
• B. Security, Economic, and Humanitarian Assistance Cost Methodology.

Author/Creator:

Jones, Seth G., 1972- , author

Contributors:

Dobbins, James , author

Byman, Daniel , author

Chivvis, Christopher S. , author

Connable, Ben , author

Martini, Jeffrey , author

Robinson, Eric , author

Chandler, Nathan , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Rolling back the Islamic State [by Jones, S.G.]

Related Series:

Research report (Rand Corporation); RR-1912

Subjects:

IS (Organization)

Terrorism — United States — Prevention

Terrorism — Middle East — Prevention

Terrorism — Arab countries — Prevention

Terrorism — Africa — Prevention

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-272).
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Call Numbers:

HV6431 .J66 2017eb

ISBNs:

9780833098122 (electronic bk.)
0833098128 (electronic bk.)
9780833097569 [Invalid]
0833097563 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

984344684

Other Control Numbers:

EBC4853015 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp14273840