132 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

132 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

132 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book analyzes 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... Read more

1. Introduction

2. Proxy War: A Primer

3. Proxy War in the Middle East

4. Key Military Engagements in Yemen, 2014-2022

5. External Patrons of Surrogates in Yemen’s Civil War

6. Conclusion

Biography

Bernd Kaussler holds a PhD in International Relations from the University of St Andrews and is currently a Professor of Political Science at James Madison University. His recent scholarship includes Rhetoric and Governance under Trump: Proclamations from the Bullshit Pulpit (2020), US Foreign Policy Towards the Middle East: The Realpolitik of Deceit (2017), and Iran's Nuclear Diplomacy: Power Politics and Conflict Resolution (2014).

Keith A. Grant holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Arizona and is currently an Associate Professor of Political Science at James Madison University. His research focuses on violent interstate conflict and international cooperation.

'Proxy War in Yemen lives up to its name and gives the reader an in-depth analysis of this prolonged and destructive conflict.'

Melvyn Weekes, Small Wars & Insurgencies, March 2023