This text provides a more comprehensive, definitive, and rigorous treatment of proxy war. It argues that proxy war can and should remain a useful and effective tool of foreign policy, but that such an endeavor demands better understanding and deliberation.

Sharpening the definitions of indirect intervention and proxy war -- The evolution of proxy war since 1945 -- A theory of proxy war -- America's proxy war in Laos -- South Africa's proxy war in Angola -- India's proxy war in Sri Lanka.