Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. 1 Introduction 1
5. 2 Sharpening the Definitions of Indirect Intervention and Proxy War 26
6. 3 The Evolution of Proxy War Since 1945 41
7. 4 A Theory of Proxy War 83
8. 5 America’s Proxy War in Laos 125
9. 6 South Africa’s Proxy War in Angola 157
10. 7 India’s Proxy War in Sri Lanka 182
11. 8 Conclusion 201
12. Notes 215
13. Index 243