http://mwi.usma.edu/adding-rigor-to-stability-and-reconstruction-operations/
MAJ Bates explores an essential component of stability and reconstruction operations.
For more background, see also:
https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/guiding_principles_full.pdf
https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL32862.pdf
http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/new_pubs/jp3_07.pdf
http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monographs/2009/RAND_MG852.pdf
http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/concepts/joint_concepts/joc_sstro.pdf