Making Sense of Proxy Wars: States, Surrogates & the Use of Force

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On the cutting edge of current research on surrogacy and proxy warfare Public debate over surrogate forces and proxy warfare has been largely dormant since the end of the Cold War. The conventional wisdom has been that with the end of the U.S.- Soviet rivalry, state sources of support for proxy guerrilla, insurgent, and terrorist organizations dried up, forcing them to look to criminal activity to survive and precipitating the growth of dangerously independent and well-resourced militants, mercenaries, and warlords. But in the few years since 2001, a wide range of issues raised to prominence by wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere suggest that armed proxies, and the forces that drive and shape their use, are part of a larger dynamic. From the legacies of the wars in the Balkans, Afghanistan, and Kashmir, to the growth of privatized security and military companies, and to increased reliance on intermediaries of all kinds, these surrogate forces bear further study. Making Sense of Proxy Wars is the first book to seriously challenge Cold War assumptions about terrorism and proxy warfare, offering an alternative view of armed surrogates—whether they are private armies, indigenous militias, or unwilling victims—as complex, selfinterested actors on the international stage. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 Transliteration Note......Page 8 Foreword......Page 10 Preface......Page 14 1 Terrorists as State “Proxies”: Separating Fact from Fiction......Page 18 2 Missing Their Mark: The IRA’s Proxy Bomb Campaign......Page 48 3 Fighting with a Double-Edged Sword?: Proxy Militias in Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, and Chechnya......Page 78 4 Auxiliary Irregular Forces in Afghanistan: 1978–2008......Page 106 5 Surrogate Agents: Private Military and Security Operators in an Unstable World......Page 126 6 Multinational Corporations: Potential Proxies for Counterinsurgency?......Page 154 Notes......Page 170 A......Page 202 C......Page 203 G......Page 204 I......Page 205 M......Page 206 N......Page 207 P......Page 208 S......Page 209 U......Page 210 Z......Page 211 About the Editor and Contributors......Page 212