Wojciech Michnik, Spyridon Plakoudas

Proxy Warfare on the Cheap

The Partnership between the USA and the Syrian Kurds

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines how the USA decided, reluctantly at first, to use the Syrian Kurds as a cheap proxy warrior against ISIS and how this partnership evolved, in the end, into a not-so-cheap investment owing to its unforeseen geopolitical implications.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 134
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 356g
• ISBN-13: 9781793624864
• ISBN-10: 1793624860
• Artikelnr.: 66761273

Autorenporträt

Wojciech Michnik is assistant professor of international relations and security studies at Jagiellonian University.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Chapter I: Why the Kurds? Why Syria?
Chapter II: The USA and Proxy Wars: From the Cold War to the Present
Chapter III.: The Obama Administration and Proxy Warfare in Syria
Chapter IV.: The Trump Administration and Proxy Warfare in Syria
Chapter V: The Biden Presidency and the Syrian Kurds: Wither Rojava?
Chapter VI: The USA - YPG/SDF Partnership: An Assessment
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Appendix 3
Bibliography
About the Authors