Why Paramilitary Operations Fail

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This book analyzes U.S. pro-insurgency paramilitary operations (PMOs) or U.S. proxy warfare from the beginning of the Cold War to the present and explains why many of these operations either failed entirely to achieve their objective, or why they produced negative consequences that greatly diminished their benefits. The chapters cover important aspects of what PMOs are, the history of U.S. PMOs, how they function, the dilemmas of secrecy and accountability, the issues of control, criminal conduct, and disposal of proxies, as well as newer developments that may change PMOs in the future. The author argues that the general approach of conducting PMOs as covert operations is inherently flawed since it tends to undermine many possibilities for control over proxies in a situation where the interests of sponsors and proxies necessarily diverge on key issues.  
Armin Krishnan is Assistant Professor and Director of the Security Studies Program at East Carolina University, USA.


This book analyzes U.S. pro-insurgency paramilitary operations (PMOs) or U.S. proxy warfare from the beginning of the Cold War to the present and explains why many of these operations either failed entirely to achieve their objective, or why they produced negative consequences that greatly diminished their benefits. The chapters cover important aspects of what PMOs are, the history of U.S. PMOs, how they function, the dilemmas of secrecy and accountability, the issues of control, criminal conduct, and disposal of proxies, as well as newer developments that may change PMOs in the future. The author argues that the general approach of conducting PMOs as covert operations is inherently flawed since it tends to undermine many possibilities for control over proxies in a situation where the interests of sponsors and proxies necessarily diverge on key issues.  
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
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

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Armin Krishnan

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