Armin Krishnan: Why Paramilitary Operations Fail, Kartoniert / Broschiert
Why Paramilitary Operations Fail
- Publisher:
- Springer International Publishing, 01/2019
- Binding:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert, Paperback
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9783030100858
- Item number:
- 9925357
- Volume:
- 272 Pages
- Ausgabe:
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st edition 2018
- Weight:
- 356 g
- Format:
- 210 x 148 mm
- Thickness:
- 14 mm
- Release date:
- 26.1.2019
- Note
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Caution: Product is not in German language
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Blurb
This book analyzes U. S. pro-insurgency paramilitary operations (PMOs) or U. S. proxy warfare from the beginning of the Cold War to the present and explains why many of these operations either failed entirely to achieve their objective, or why they produced negative consequences that greatly diminished their benefits. The chapters cover important aspects of what PMOs are, the history of U. S. PMOs, how they function, the dilemmas of secrecy and accountability, the issues of control, criminal conduct, and disposal of proxies, as well as newer developments that may change PMOs in the future. The author argues that the general approach of conducting PMOs as covert operations is inherently flawed since it tends to undermine many possibilities for control over proxies in a situation where the interests of sponsors and proxies necessarily diverge on key issues.
Biography
Armin Krishnan lehrt als Professor für Security Studies an der University of Texas (El Paso).