By Thomas Waldman Bristol, UK: Bristol University Press, 2021, 320 pages) Reviewed by Major Andrew Maher Thomas Waldman’s Vicarious Warfare: American Strategy and the Illusion of War on the Cheap , unpacks America’s contemporary employment of military force in conflicts worldwide. On the basis of his analysis, Waldman argues that an operational concept exists, called “vicarious warfare,” which he asserts is a manifestation of a political desire to limit the costs of waging war – financial, political, and …