Rand imprint: 375 books
by David Galula
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2002
When Algerian nationalists launched a rebellion against French rule in November 1954, France was forced to cope with a varied and adaptable Algerian strategy. In this volume, originally published in 1963, David Galula reconstructs the story of his highly successful command at the height of the rebellion....
Military Capabilities for Hybrid War
Insights from the Israel Defense Forces in Lebanon and Gaza
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2010
The Israel Defense Forces have gained much experience against hybrid opponents--Hezbollah and Hamas--in recent conflicts in Lebanon and Gaza. The lessons from these experiences are relevant to understanding the capabilities the U.S. Army and the joint force will require in the future. Principal findings...
The Battle Behind the Wire
U.S. Prisoner and Detainee Operations from World War II to Iraq
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2011
This report finds parallels in U.S. prisoner and detainee operations in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq: underestimation of the number to be held, hasty scrambling for resources, and inadequate doctrine and policy. Later, attempts to educate and influence prisoners and detainees are often made....
Exploring Patterns of Behaviour in Violent Jihadist Terrorists
An analysis of six significant terrorist conspiracies in the UK
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2011
An examination of the groups/cells and their 38 core individuals involved in the six most serious violent Jihadist terrorist conspiracies and attacks in the UK between 2004 and 2007 to see if they exhibited any specific types of behaviour.
Preservation of Affordable Rental Housing
Evaluation of the MacArthur Foundation's Window of Opportunity Initiative
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2016
In 2000, the MacArthur Foundation began the Window of Opportunity, a 20-year, $187 million philanthropic initiative intended to help preserve privately owned affordable rental housing. The authors of this report assess whether the initiative achieved its goals and identify lessons learned about effective...
The U.S. Experience with No-Fault Automobile Insurance
A Retrospective
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2010
No-fault regimes, a formerly popular alternative to the tort compensation system for auto-accident victims, have gradually lost support. Over time, premiums and claim costs have grown in no-fault states relative to other states, primarily driven by explosive medical cost increases. No-fault and tort...
Project Retrosight
Understanding the returns from cardiovascular and stroke research: The Policy Report
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2011
This work explores impacts of cardiovascular and stroke research funded 15-20 years ago and draws out aspects associated with high or low impact. It describes 29 case studies of grants from Australia, Canada and UK. Policy summary volume.
by David I. Auerbach, Paul Heaton, Ian Brantley
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2014
This report identifies potential mechanisms through which the Affordable Care Act (ACA) might affect liability claim costs and develops rough estimates of the size and direction of expected impacts as of 2016. Overall, effects of the ACA appear likely to be small relative to aggregate auto, workers’...
The Affordable Care Act and Health Insurance Markets
Simulating the Effects of Regulation
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2013
In this report, the authors estimate the effects of the Affordable Care Act on health insurance enrollment and premiums for ten states (Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Texas) and for the nation overall, with a focus on outcomes in the nongroup and small group markets.
Toward a Culture of Consequences
Performance-Based Accountability Systems for Public Services -- Executive Summary
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2010
Performance-based accountability systems (PBASs) link incentives to measured performance to improve services to the public. Research suggests that PBASs influence provider behaviors, but little is known about PBASs' effectiveness at achieving their performance goals. This document explores the design...
by David S. Loughran
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2014
Between 2000 and 2011, younger veterans were more likely to be unemployed than younger non-veterans. This difference falls rapidly with age and time. The evidence supports the hypothesis that veteran unemployment reflects engagement in job search. There is little evidence that veterans are disadvantaged...
by Kevin F. McCarthy, Elizabeth H. Ondaatje, Laura Zakaras
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2001
During the past decade, arts advocates have relied on an instrumental approach to the benefits of the arts in arguing for support of the arts. This report evaluates these arguments and asserts that a new approach is needed. This new approach offers a more comprehensive view of how the arts create...
by Lynn E. Davis, Debra Knopman, Michael D. Greenberg
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Finding ways to safely store and ultimately dispose of nuclear waste remains a matter of considerable debate. This volume describes the steps needed to design a new, single-purpose organization to manage and dispose of commercial and defense high-level radioactive materials and examines three models...
U.S. International Economic Strategy in a Turbulent World
Strategic Rethink
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
This report presents strategic choices America faces regarding the international economy over the term of the next U.S. administration, focusing on policy choices in the areas of maintaining and improving the rules-based international economic system; working with China and better integrating it into...