Proxy wars: suppressing violence through local agents
Éditeur :
Cornell University Press
ISBN :
9781501733062
Date de publication :
15 mars 2019
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,4 cm
Poids :
907 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
The most common image of world politics involves states negotiating, cooperating, or sometimes fighting with one another; billiard balls in motion on a global pool table. Yet working through local proxies or agents, through what Eli Berman and David A. Lake call a strategy of "indirect control," has always been a central tool of foreign policy...