Proxy Wars and Non-State Actors: Militias, Movements and States

Since 9/11, the Middle East has become a laboratory of indirect conflict where state rivals fight through militias, insurgent movements, and sectarian networks rather than open armies. This book traces the rise of proxy wars from Afghanistan and Iraq to Syria, Yemen, and Gaza, showing how governments arm, fund, and direct local non state actors to shape battlefield outcomes while preserving plausi...