Warlord survival : the delusion of state building in Afghanistan /

Malejacq, Romain,

Warlord survival : the delusion of state building in Afghanistan / Romain Malejacq. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource (x, 239 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Warlords, states, and political orders -- The game of survival -- Ismail Khan, the armed notable of Western Afghanistan -- Dostum, the ethnic entrepreneur -- Massoud and Fahim: the mujahid and the violent entrepreneur.

"Explains how warlords survive and even thrive in contexts that are explicitly set up to undermine them"--



9781501746437 9781501746444

2019014502


Warlordism--History.--Afghanistan
Warlordism and international relations--Afghanistan.
Nation-building--Afghanistan.
Political culture--Afghanistan.


Electronic Books.

JQ1763 / .W375 2019