Proxy warfare in strategic competition : military implications / Stephen Watts [and 10 others].

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Proxy war--Case studies.

Proxy war.

Civil war--Case studies.

Civil war.

Strategy.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 144 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2023]

Summary:

The authors examine the military implications of intrastate proxy wars: civil wars in which at least one local warring party receives material support from an external state. The research was conducted using a review of existing literature and case studies of four particularly relevant instances of proxy warfare, including the First and Second Indochina Wars, the 2014-early 2022 Donbas War, and the Houthi Rebellion. At the strategic level, the increased lethality of violent nonstate actors (VNSAs) complicates traditional models for responding to insurgencies and other forms of irregular warfare, while the risk of escalation forecloses potential options for responding to these challenges. At the operational level, state-supported VNSAs' combination of lethality and greater capacity for dispersion can impose multiple dilemmas on forces like those of the United States. These strategic and operational challenges have implications for U.S. Army doctrine, education and leader development, training, and potentially personnel and organization.

Contents:

CHAPTER One: Introduction

CHAPTER Two: Overview of the Military Implications of Proxy Warfare

CHAPTER Three: The First Indochina War : France and China in Vietnam

CHAPTER Four: The Second Indochina War : The United States in Vietnam

CHAPTER Five: The Donbas War : Russia in Ukraine (2014-2020)

CHAPTER Six: The Houthi Rebellion : Iran and the Gulf Arabs in Yemen

CHAPTER Seven: Conclusion: Synthesis of Findings and Policy Recommendations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781977410528

1977410529

OCLC:

1371953318