Why Paramilitary Operations Fail

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 diminishe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Krishnan, Armin (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Subjects:
Security, International.
Politics and war.
International relations.
United States-Politics and government.
Peace.
ISBN:9783319716312
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. What Are Paramilitary Operations?
  • 2. A Short History of U.S. Paramilitary Operations
  • 3. Conducting Paramilitary Operations
  • 4. Dilemmas of Secrecy
  • 5. Accountability in Paramilitary Operations
  • 6. Critical Loss of Control
  • 7. War Crimes and Criminal Conduct
  • 8. Endgames and Outcomes
  • 9. The Disposal Problem
  • 10. New Developments.

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