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Preface iii
Figures ix
Summary :": xi
Acknowledgments xxi
Abbreviations xxiii
CHAPTER ONE
Background and Brief History of Operation Helpem Fren, the
Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) 1
Previous Operations 2
Bougainville 2
East Timor 6
RAMSI: A Concise History 11
The Backdrop to RAMSI 12
RAMSI: Deployment and Execution 22
RAMSI as a Counterinsurgency Operation 40
CHAPTER TWO
Considering the Nature ofInsurgency and Counterinsurgency 43
The Nature ofInsurgency and Counterinsurgency 43
CHAPTER THREE
July 2003 Solomon Islands as an Insurgency: Participant
Perspectives 53
A Solomon Islands Insurgency? No 54
A Solomon Islands Insurgency? Yes 54
A Solomon Islands Insurgency? Perhaps 55
A Solomon Islands Insurgency from the Perspective of RAMSI
Participants? Concluding Thoughts 57
CHAPTER FOUR
Successful COIN: Three Crucial Conditions 59
Orchestrating Interagency Capabilities: The ''All of Government"
Approach 60
Law Enforcement Support to RAMSI 68
Nga Hoe Tuputupu-mai-tawhiti (The Paddles That Bring Growth
from Afar): Aid Organizations and RAMSI 71
Intelligence in Support of COIN and Other Stability Operations 76
Command and Control During the Early Months of RAMSI 77
Civil-Military Coordination of Aid Efforts 79
Concluding Thoughts Regarding Interagency Challenges 81
Avoiding Future Interagency Shortfalls 94
Building and Maintaining the Multination~l Team 95
Forming and Seizing the Moral High Ground: Shaping Indigenous
Perspectives 104
CHAPTER FIVE
RAMSI: Was It a Counterinsurgency~ 115
CHAPTER SIX
Fitting the RAMSI Square Peg into the World's Round Holes 121
Vital Elements: Building on the Foundation of Successful
Interagency, Multinational, and Shaping Operations 125
Intelligence 125
Leadership 126
Control 129
Focus on the People 132
Implications for Current and Future Operations 134
Interagency Operation Considerations 134
Multinational Dperation Considerations 136
Leadership Considerations 137
Final Observations on the Implications of RAMSI Operations for
Counterinsurgency Operations 140
U.S. CounterinsuIgency Historical Principles 144
U.S. Contemporary Imperatives of Counterinsurgency 144
British Army Principles of CO IN 144
Bibliography 147