Proxy warfare on the cheap : the partnership between the USA and the Syrian Kurds /
"Spyridon Plakoudas and Wojtek Michnik fuse modern history with international relations and strategic studies in order to offer an up-to-date and critical analysis of this unique partnership between a state (USA) and a non-state actor (Syrian Kurds) against another non-state actor (ISIS) - amid...
| Main Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Lanham :
Lexington Books,
[2023]
|
| Series: | Kurdish societies, politics, and international relations.
|
| Subjects: |
| Summary: | "Spyridon Plakoudas and Wojtek Michnik fuse modern history with international relations and strategic studies in order to offer an up-to-date and critical analysis of this unique partnership between a state (USA) and a non-state actor (Syrian Kurds) against another non-state actor (ISIS) - amidst the wider Syrian civil war. They argue that this partnership ended up as a double-edged sword: on the one hand, it defeated ISIS at a minimum cost in money and blood in comparison to the Iraq War, but, on the other hand, it ensnared the USA into a tangled web of competition and conflict with other powers with no easy way-out. In other words, proxy warfare may prove a not-so-cheap investment in the end." |
|---|---|
| Physical Description: | ix, 123 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-120) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781793624864 1793624860 |