MULTIPLE PERSONALITY ORDER: FAVORABLE TRAITS FOR SUCCESS IN IRREGULAR WARFARE
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Authors
Oldham, Tyler C.
Subjects
surrogate
irregular
guerrilla
warfare
personality
traits
characteristics
principal
agent
client
patron
trust
cooperation
relationship
Lawrence
Ho Chi Minh
Massoud
CIA
OSS
Vietnam
Afghanistan
World War I
World War II
proxy
LEVERS
language
empathy
values
education
reputation
servant leadership
irregular
guerrilla
warfare
personality
traits
characteristics
principal
agent
client
patron
trust
cooperation
relationship
Lawrence
Ho Chi Minh
Massoud
CIA
OSS
Vietnam
Afghanistan
World War I
World War II
proxy
LEVERS
language
empathy
values
education
reputation
servant leadership
Advisors
Strawser, Bradley J.
Date of Issue
2020-06
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Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
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Abstract
Warfare of all scales and types involves personalities at its core. In irregular warfare, there are relationships formed between patron and client states with the hope that the surrogate relationship will provide mutual benefit to both principal and agent. The types of relationships, how and why they were formed, and what, if any, kinds of personal traits or characteristics aid in their formation is an area of interest for me. I explore the individual personal characteristics that both principals and agents possess that may provide favorable conditions for successful outcomes.
What personality traits or characteristics of individual actors produce favorable conditions for successful campaigns in irregular warfare? By researching individuals who were directly involved in these relationships, common traits that are shared with other cases of success may come to the fore. By using comparative case study methodology to first define what characteristics are present in individuals on both sides of a surrogate relationship and then classifying those identified individual personality traits that seem to be necessary for favorable conditions of guerrilla leaders to succeed, I hope to find out which traits are most prominent and contribute to the body of knowledge of what personality traits favor success in irregular warfare.
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