Proxy Warriors: The Rise and Fall of State-Sponsored Militias
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- Synopsis
- This work by Ahram (international and area studies, U. of Oklahoma) constructs and tests a theory to account for variation in the use of state-sponsored militias versus conventional armed forces among late-developing states. He argues that when decolonization occurred through violent revolution leaving guerrilla groups in place, the state tended to appropriate guerrilla networks into state militias, whereas when decolonization happened through negotiation with the departing power, the state tended to inherit the bureaucratic military organizational format of the former colonial government. These inherited structures are further influenced by external conditions, with the strong threat of war tending to lead to the centralization of state coercive power and relatively pacific international environments tending to lead to devolution in military power and the use of state-sponsored militias for facing internal threats. The theory is tested against the cases of Indonesia, Iraq, and Iran. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc. , Portland, OR (booknews. com)
- Copyright:
- 2011
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780804777407
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780804773584, 9780804773591
- Publisher:
- Stanford University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 05/17/17
- Copyrighted By:
- the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Military, Nonfiction
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.