Warfare in peacetime : proxies and state powers / Christopher C. Harmon.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Harmon, Christopher C., author.

Contributor:

Marine Corps University (U.S.). Press, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Proxy war--Case studies.

Proxy war.

Limited war--Case studies.

Limited war.

Insurgency--Case studies.

Insurgency.

Genre:

Case studies

Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 263 pages) : color maps

Other Title:

Proxies and state powers

Place of Publication:

Quantico, VA : Marine Corps University Press, 2023.

Summary:

"Warfare in Peacetime offers an expansive and elaborated portrait of overseas proxy wars. The structure and substance will prepare observers, analysts, and participants seeking to understand challenges before American and other statesmen. The work helps frame the morass in Syria, with all its foreign links; the contest for influence in Libya, where innumerable hands vie for dominance; the fighting in Yemen, where Houthi Shia organizations backed by Iranian sponsors battle Sunni tribes; and life along the borders of Russian expansionism, where Ukrainians plea for outside assistance, including weapons from Washington. Such ongoing "warfare in peacetime" has a thousand precedents in a dozen ages, including our day, and some of the patterns are explored along with detailed case studies"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction. Warfare in Peacetime and Patterns of Proxy War

Case studies. The USSR and East Germany

The USSR and Cuba

The United States, the Reagan Doctrine, and Nicaraguan "Contras"

The United States and UNITA of Angola

India and the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka

China and the United Wa State Army in Myanmar / by Christopher D. Booth

Iran and Hezbollah. Looking Ahead. The Limits and Prospects of Proxy Warfare in Peacetime.

Notes:

In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Cataloging and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-257) and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (MCUP website, viewed May 25, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Harmon, Christopher C. Warfare in peacetime.

ISBN:

9798985340495

OCLC:

1352491641

Access Restriction:

Open Access