Routledge handbook of proxy wars / edited by Assaf Moghadam, Vladimir Rauta and Michel Wyss.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Moghadam, Assaf, 1974- editor.

Rauta, Vladimir, editor.

Wyss, Michel, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Proxy war--History.

Military policy.

Proxy war--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 455 pages) : illustrations, map.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon Routledge 2023

Biography/History:

Assaf Moghadam is the Dean of the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy at Reichman University. He holds fellowships at the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point and the Center on National Security at Fordham Law School. Vladimir Rauta is a lecturer in politics and international relations with the School of Politics, Economics, and International Relations at the University of Reading, United Kingdom. Michel Wyss is a scientific assistant at the Military Academy at ETH Zurich and a doctoral candidate at Leiden University. He also serves as a specialist officer in the Swiss Armed Forces.

Summary:

"This Handbook is the first volume comprehensively to examine the challenges, intricacies, and dynamics of proxy wars, in its various facets. The volume aims to capture the significantly growing interest in the topic at a critical juncture when wars of many guises are becoming multifaceted proxy wars. Most often, proxy wars have wide-ranging implications for international security and are, therefore, a critically important subject of inquiry. The Handbook seeks to understand and explain proxy wars conceptually, theoretically, and empirically, with a focus on the numerous policy challenges and dilemmas they pose. To do so, it presents a multi- and inter-disciplinary assessment of proxy wars focused on the causes, dynamics, and processes underpinning the phenomenon, across geostrategic contexts and a multitude of actors throughout human history. The Handbook is divided into six thematic sections, as follows: Part I: Approaches to the Study of Proxy Wars Part II: Historical Perspectives on Proxy Wars Part III: Actors in Proxy Wars Part IV: Dynamics of Proxy Wars Part V: Case Studies of Proxy Wars Part VI: The Future of Proxy Wars By bringing together many leading scholars in a synthesis of expertise, this Handbook provides a unique and rigorous account of research into proxy war, which so far has been largely missing from the debate. This book will be of much interest to students of strategic studies, security studies, foreign policy, political violence and International Relations"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1-00-317406-X

1-003-17406-X

1-000-91422-4