TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kaussler,Bernd
AU  - Grant,Keith A.
TI  - Proxy war in Yemen
T2  - Cass military studies
SN  - 9781003262602
U1  - 953.305/3 23/eng/20220812
PY  - 2023///
CY  - Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY
PB  - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
KW  - Proxy war
KW  - History
KW  - 21st century
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / International Security
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - HISTORY / Middle East / General
KW  - HISTORY / Military / Strategy
KW  - Yemen (Republic)
KW  - Civil War, 2015-
KW  - Politics and government
N1  - "Routledge Focus"--PDF image of cover
N2  - "This book analyses the civil war in Yemen and how intervening external actors have shaped the trajectory of the conflict. The work examines the conflict in Yemen as a testing ground for expectations about the autonomy and control of proxies by external patrons and the direct consequences for civilian victimization and duration of war. Like other proxy wars, the international dimensions of the war made the conflict in Yemen subject to the geopolitical interests of intervening powers. The longstanding power rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran over Middle East supremacy resulted in a competitive intervention in Yemen, where the initial belligerents of the civil war -the Houthi and the Hadi regime-were used as proxies by Tehran and the Gulf coalition led by Riyadh, respectively. Their intervention ultimately translated into a prolonged and destructive conflict. The often contradictory and self-interested patronage strategies by the coalition's two central patrons, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, undermined their broader goal of containing Iran. On the other hand, Iran's support for the Houthis enabled them to bait and bleed the Gulf coalition. Lastly, in an effort to balance against Iran, the United States underwrote the military campaign of the Gulf states with military hardware and personnel, thereby further prolonging the conflict and humanitarian disaster. The book concludes that intervention by external patrons both protracted the civil war and made it far more destructive for the civilian population. This book will be of much interest to students of proxy wars, Middle Eastern conflict, and security studies in general"--
UR  - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003262602
ER  -