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Provides a systematic analysis of all known CIA PMOs and explains the why, who, and how of proxy warfare
Includes both a survey of secondary literature and an array of primary sources
Adds a theoretical perspective with the application of principal agent theory to the field of covert action and proxy warfare
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“Recent U.S. involvement in the Syrian ‘civil war’ backing anti-Assad rebels exists along a dismal continuum of U.S. supported paramilitary operations (PMOs). This timely work provides a critical analysis of 25 PMOs—in essence, U.S. proxy warfare meant to destabilize hostile regimes—undertaken between 1949 and the present. Major policy findings of this important study, which should hold great interest to both elected and non-elected governmental decision makers, are that autonomous armed groups are uncontrollable and their use should be avoided, thus contracted mercenaries should instead be utilized in a more specific and limited role in these operations.” (Robert J. Bunker, Past Minerva Chair, Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, USA)
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Book Title: Why Paramilitary Operations Fail
Authors: Armin Krishnan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71631-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-71630-5Published: 07 May 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-10085-8Published: 26 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-71631-2Published: 25 April 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 254
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: International Security Studies, Military and Defence Studies, Foreign Policy, US Politics, International Relations Theory, Conflict Studies