Proxy Warfare on the Cheap
The Partnership between the USA and the Syrian Kurds
Abstract
This book seeks to shed more light on the US strategy of proxy warfare in modern times with the Syrian Civil War as a case study. The two authors combine 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 a wider 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 treasure 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 - as the two authors show-case - may prove a not-so-cheap investment in the end.
Schlagworte
Assad Regime Foreign Intervention ISIS Erdogan's Turkey Syrian Civil War Syrian Kurds US Foreign Policy Proxy Warfare- i–x Preface i–x
- 93–98 Appendix 1 93–98
- 99–100 Appendix 2 99–100
- 101–104 Appendix 3 101–104
- 105–120 Bibliography 105–120
- 121–122 Index 121–122
- 123–124 About the Authors 123–124