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Definition of Proxy war
1. Noun. A war instigated by a major power that does not itself participate.
Definition of Proxy war
1. Noun. A war where two powers use third parties as a supplement to, or a substitute for fighting each other directly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Proxy War
Literary usage of Proxy war
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Human Rights Crisis in Kashmir: A Pattern of Impunity by Asia Watch Committee (U.S.), Physicians for Human Rights (U.S., Asia Watch Committee (U.S., Human Rights Watch (Organization), Physicians for Human Rights (U.S.) (1993)
"ix-riencing is an externally aided "proxy war" of massive dimensions. ... All this
would show die sheer scale and dimension of die "proxy war" dial has ..."
2. U.S. Middle East Policy and the Peace Process by Henry Siegman (1997)
"Movement on this track, however, is not as urgent as on the Palestinian track,
even though there is a low-level proxy war between Syria and Israel along the ..."
3. Soviet Strategy in Southern Africa: Gorbachev's Pragmatic Approach by Peter Vanneman (1990)
"... as well as experimentation with an essentially new mode of expanding its
influence—proxy war. What is notable is the complexity of the operation, ..."
4. Angola: Arms Trade and Violations of the Laws of War Since the 1992 by Arms Project (Human Rights Watch), Human Rights Watch/Africa (1994)
"... surpassing even the extraordinary years of the mid-1980s when the Soviet Union
was pumping arms into Angola as its part of a superpower proxy war. ..."
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