Proxy Warriors: The Rise and Fall of State-Sponsored Militias

By Ariel Ahram

The book explains why some Third World states have centralized, conventional military forces while others rely on militias, paramilitaries, and other non-state actors using detailed case studies of Indonesia, Iraq, and Iran and offers policy recommendations for dealing with weak states based on this analysis.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804773599
• ISBN13: 9780804773591
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Stanford Security Studies
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"