Proxy Wars
Subtitle: Suppressing Violence Through Local Agents
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9781501733062
Subjects: United states, foreign relations, 20th century; United states, foreign relations, 21st century
Description: "Analytical narratives examine when and where major powers can work through local proxies rather than commit their own troops. Cases include Denmark under Nazi occupation, the Korean War, El Salvador, Colombia, and present-day Iraq, Yemen, and Afghanistan. Most focus on the United States, but Israel's relations with Lebanon and Gaza and the Palestinian Authority are also featured"--