JOURNAL OF DEFENCE STUDIES

Proxy Warfare, by Andrew Mumford, Cambridge: Polity Press, 2013

Lt Col Sanjiv Tomar is Research Fellow at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi. Click here for detailed profile.
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  • April 2014
    Volume: 
    8
    Issue: 
    2
    Book Review

    Proxy war, over the centuries, has become a significant attribute in shaping the desired strategic outcome of a conflict through indirect engagement. History is strewn with numerous conflicts where proxy war has been used by states to achieve their strategic goals without committing their own troops, resources and finances. Although large research material is available on contemporary warfare, international relations and related security studies, there is, however, a void existing in analysing proxy warfare and its tenets. This book by Andrew Mumford is a serious effort to bridge this gap. The book has been carefully crafted into five chapters based on extensive research and in-depth analysis.

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