03737nam 22006255 450 991030050630332120200706034058.03-319-71631-X10.1007/978-3-319-71631-2(CKB)4100000003359235(MiAaPQ)EBC5359110(DE-He213)978-3-319-71631-2(PPN)259466875(EXLCZ)99410000000335923520180425d2018 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierWhy Paramilitary Operations Fail /by Armin Krishnan1st ed. 2018.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2018.1 online resource (264 pages)3-319-71630-1 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.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 diminished their benefits. The chapters cover important aspects of what PMOs are, the history of U.S. PMOs, how they function, the dilemmas of secrecy and accountability, the issues of control, criminal conduct, and disposal of proxies, as well as newer developments that may change PMOs in the future. The author argues that the general approach of conducting PMOs as covert operations is inherently flawed since it tends to undermine many possibilities for control over proxies in a situation where the interests of sponsors and proxies necessarily diverge on key issues. Armin Krishnan is Assistant Professor and Director of the Security Studies Program at East Carolina University, USA.Security, InternationalPolitics and warInternational relationsUnited States—Politics and governmentPeaceInternational Security Studieshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/912120Military and Defence Studieshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/912080Foreign Policyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/912040US Politicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911180International Relations Theoryhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/912110Conflict Studieshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/912060Security, International.Politics and war.International relations.United States—Politics and government.Peace.International Security Studies.Military and Defence Studies.Foreign Policy.US Politics.International Relations Theory.Conflict Studies.327.1273Krishnan Arminauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut863812BOOK9910300506303321Why Paramilitary Operations Fail1927950UNINA