Human Factors Considerations of Undergrounds in Insurgencies

<p><span style=color: rgba(17 24 39 1)>An exact reprint of the original Special Operations Research Office (SORO) publication from 1966.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(17 24 39 1)>The study was the second product of SORO research on undergrounds and describes on the basis of the existing empirical information and the then-current state of knowledge the organizational motivational and behavioral characteristics of undergrounds in insurgent movements and relates these characteristics to the total revolutionary structure mission and operations.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(17 24 39 1)>There are six parts to the study: Organization; Motivation and Behavior; Underground Administrative Operations; Underground Psychological Operations; Paramilitary Operations; Government Countermeasures. Three appendices give details on the methodological approach offer an analysis of 24 insurgencies and summarize World War II underground rules of clandestine behavior.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(17 24 39 1)>This classic Unconventional Warfare study has been brought back into print by Conflict Research Group.</span></p>