02536nam 2200601 a 450 991046500330332120200520144314.00-8047-7740-310.1515/9780804777407(CKB)2560000000072222(EBL)683251(OCoLC)713025906(SSID)ssj0000472434(PQKBManifestationID)12157690(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000472434(PQKBWorkID)10433597(PQKB)10746200(MiAaPQ)EBC683251(DE-B1597)564554(DE-B1597)9780804777407(Au-PeEL)EBL683251(CaPaEBR)ebr10459552(OCoLC)1198931847(EXLCZ)99256000000007222220100602d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrProxy warriors[electronic resource] the rise and fall of state-sponsored militias /Ariel I. AhramStanford, Calif. Stanford Security Studies20111 online resource (208 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8047-7358-0 0-8047-7359-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.The origins and persistence of state-sponsored militias -- Indonesia -- Iraq -- Iran -- Learning to live with states-sponsored militias.In this book, Ariel Ahram offers a new perspective on a growing threat to international and human security-the reliance of 'weak states' on quasi-official militias, paramilitaries, and warlords. Tracing the history of several ""high profile"" paramilitary organizations, including Indonesia's various militia factions, Iraq's tribal ""awakening,"" and Iran's Revolutionary Guard and Basij corps, the book shows why and how states co-opt these groups, turning former rebels into state-sponsored militias. Building on an historical and comparative empirical approach that emphasizes decoloParamilitary forcesDeveloping countriesDeveloping countriesMilitiaDeveloping countriesHistory, MilitaryElectronic books.Paramilitary forces355.3/5Ahram Ariel I(Ariel Ira),1979-1046925MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465003303321Proxy warriors2474205UNINA