Gompert David C. Underkill: Scalable Capabilities for Military Operations Amid Populations

Rand Publishing, 2009. — 169 p.The U.S. military is ill-equipped to strike at extremists who hide in populations. Using deadly force against them can harm and alienate the very people whose cooperation U.S. forces are trying to earn. To solve this problem, a new RAND study proposes a continuum of force.