Malejacq, Romain, <br/><br/>
Warlord survival :  the delusion of state building in Afghanistan / 
Romain Malejacq. 
 - Ithaca :  Cornell University Press,  (c)2019. 
 - 1 online resource (x, 239 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> "Explains how warlords survive and even thrive in contexts that are explicitly set up to undermine them"-- 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781501746437 9781501746444 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2019014502 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Warlordism--History.--Afghanistan<br/>Warlordism and international relations--Afghanistan.<br/>Nation-building--Afghanistan.<br/>Political culture--Afghanistan.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JQ1763  / .W375 2019