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Empires of Mud: Wars and Warlords in Afghanistan

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Empires of Mud: Wars and Warlords in Afghanistan - Giustozzi, Antonio, Dr.
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Warlords are charismatic military leaders who exploit weak central authorities in order to gain control of sub-national areas. Notwithstanding their bad reputation, warlords have often participated in state formation. In Empires of Mud Giustozzi analyses the dynamics of warlordism in Afghanistan within the context of such debates. He approaches this complex task by first analysing aspects of the Afghan environment that might have been conductive to the fragmentation of central authority and the emergence of warlords and ...

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Empires of Mud: Wars and Warlords in Afghanistan 2012, C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd, London

ISBN-13: 9781849042253

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Empires of Mud: Wars and Warlords in Afghanistan 2012, Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN-13: 9780199326785

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Empires of Mud: Wars and Warlords in Afghanistan 2012, Columbia University Press, New York

ISBN-13: 9780231700818

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Empires of Mud: Wars and Warlords in Afghanistan 2012, C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd, London

ISBN-13: 9781850659327

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