Why Paramilitary Operations Fail

Armin Krishnan is Assistant Professor and Director of the Security Studies Program at East Carolina University, USA.

• 1. What Are Paramilitary Operations?.- 2. A Short History of U.S. Paramilitary Operations.- 3. Conducting Paramilitary Operations.- 4. Dilemmas of Secrecy.- 5. Accountability in Paramilitary Operations.- 6. Critical Loss of Control.- 7. War Crimes and Criminal Conduct.- 8. Endgames and Outcomes.- 9. The Disposal Problem.- 10. New Developments.