Warfare in peacetime : proxies and state powers /
"Warfare in Peacetime offers an expansive and elaborated portrait of overseas proxy wars. The structure and substance will prepare observers, analysts, and participants seeking to understand challenges before American and other statesmen. The work helps frame the morass in Syria, with all its f...
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| Format: | Government Document Book |
| Language: | English |
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Quantico, VA :
Marine Corps University Press,
[2023]
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| Summary: | "Warfare in Peacetime offers an expansive and elaborated portrait of overseas proxy wars. The structure and substance will prepare observers, analysts, and participants seeking to understand challenges before American and other statesmen. The work helps frame the morass in Syria, with all its foreign links; the contest for influence in Libya, where innumerable hands vie for dominance; the fighting in Yemen, where Houthi Shia organizations backed by Iranian sponsors battle Sunni tribes; and life along the borders of Russian expansionism, where Ukrainians plea for outside assistance, including weapons from Washington. Such ongoing "warfare in peacetime" has a thousand precedents in a dozen ages, including our day, and some of the patterns are explored along with detailed case studies"-- |
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| Item Description: | In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Cataloging and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). Shipping list no.: 2023-0194-P. |
| Physical Description: | xviii, 263 pages : color maps ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-257) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9798985340488 9780997025491 0997025492 |