Proxy Warriors
Author | : Ariel Ira Ahram |
Publisher | : Stanford University Press |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2011-01-26 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0804773599 |
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The book explains why some Third World states have centralized, conventional military forces while others rely on militias, paramilitaries, and other non-state actors using detailed case studies of Indonesia, Iraq, and Iran and offers policy recommendations for dealing with weak states based on this analysis.