Evading the endgame in an insurgency undertaking: The case of the Lord’s Resistance Army and beyond

dc.contributor.author Munyua, David O.
dc.date.accessioned 2017-08-09T00:31:32Z
dc.date.available 2017-08-09T00:31:32Z
dc.date.issued 2015-06
dc.description A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the Masters of Science in Information Operations Degree of Naval Postgraduate School en_US
dc.description.abstract The Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) insurgency is Africa’s oldest, lasting for over 25 years. This work studies the LRA to find out why it has survived so long and how. A combination of empirical methods was used to analyze data related to the LRA and the countries affected by the LRA insurgency. The findings show that the LRA prolonged its insurgency by taking advantage of its environment, including elevation, watered areas, the road network, land cover, proximity to state capital, and moderate population density. The LRA also exploited the political situations in the region, such as the rivalry between Uganda and Sudan, and the fragility of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, South Sudan, and Sudan. Last, the LRA modified its organizational structure according to the political and military situations it encountered, which enabled it to adapt and evade the threat of termination. The effectiveness of these methods of survival depended on the intuition of the LRA leadership. The author recommends both kinetic methods to manhunt LRA leaders and non-kinetic (psychological) operations to degrade the LRA’s strength by encouraging mass defections from its ranks. en_US
dc.description.sponsorship United States of America Government en_US
dc.identifier.citation Munyua, D.O. (2015). Evading the endgame in an insurgency undertaking: The case of the Lord’s Resistance Army and beyond. Unpublished masters dissertation. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10570/5626
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Naval Postgraduate School en_US
dc.subject LRA en_US
dc.subject Rebel groups en_US
dc.subject Lord’s Resistance Army en_US
dc.subject War lords en_US
dc.subject Joseph Kony en_US
dc.subject Insurgent survival en_US
dc.title Evading the endgame in an insurgency undertaking: The case of the Lord’s Resistance Army and beyond en_US
dc.type Thesis/Dissertation (Masters) en_US
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