Proxy Warfare on the Cheap: The Partnership between the USA and the Syrian Kurds - Hardcover

by Wojciech Michnik (Author), Spyridon Plakoudas (Author)

This book examines how the USA decided, reluctantly at first, to use the Syrian Kurds as a cheap proxy warrior against ISIS and how this partnership evolved, in the end, into a not-so-cheap investment owing to its unforeseen geopolitical implications.

Author Biography

Wojciech Michnik is assistant professor of international relations and security studies at Jagiellonian University. Spyridon Plakoudas is assistant professor of homeland security at Rabdan Academy (UAE).