Why Paramilitary Operations Fail

Provides a systematic analysis of all known CIA PMOs and explains the why, who, and how of proxy warfare

Includes both a survey of secondary literature and an array of primary sources
Adds a theoretical perspective with the application of principal agent theory to the field of covert action and proxy warfare

Autorentext
Armin Krishnan is Assistant Professor and Director of the Security Studies Program at East Carolina University, USA.

Inhalt

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.<p