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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Williams, Brian Glyn.     Subjects     Dūstum, ʻAbd al-Rashīd, 1954-     Taliban.     Warlordism -- Afghanistan -- History.     Afghanistan -- Politics and government -- 1989-2001.     Afghanistan -- Politics and government -- 2001-     Browse Catalog     by author:      Williams, Brian Glyn.       by title:      The last warlord : t...         MARC Display

The last warlord : the life and legend of Dostum, the Afghan Warrior who led US Special Forces to topple the Taliban Regime / Brian Glyn Williams, PhD. by Williams, Brian Glyn. Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, c2013. Subjects Dūstum, ʻAbd al-Rashīd, 1954-   Taliban.   Warlordism -- Afghanistan -- History.   Afghanistan -- Politics and government -- 1989-2001.   Afghanistan -- Politics and government -- 2001- ISBN:  9781613748008 (hardback) 1613748000 (hardback) Description:  xviii, 334 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 24 cm Requests:  0 Summary:  "In The Last Warlord, scholar Brian Glyn Williams takes Westerners inside the world of general Abdul Rashid Dostum, one of the most powerful of the Afghan warlords who have dominated the country since the Soviet invasion. Based on lengthy interviews with Dostum and his family and subcommanders, as well as local chieftains, mullahs, elders, Taliban enemies and prisoners of war, and women's rights activists, The Last Warlord tells the story of Dostum's rise to power from peasant villager to the man who fought a long and bitter war against the Taliban and Al Qaeda fanatics who sought to repress his people. The book details how, after 9/11, the CIA contacted the mysterious Mongol warrior to help US Special Forces wage a covert, horse-mounted war in the mountains of Afghanistan that ended in a stunning victory; how Dostum was later marginalized by US and Afghan leaders; and how sensational media accounts have made him the object of rampant mythologizing. With the United States drawing down troops in 2014 and Dostum poised to re-enter the world stage to fight a resurgent Taliban, The Last Warlord provides important historical context to the controversy swirling around Afghanistan's warlord culture and is an essential contribution to the debate on Afghanistan's future"-- "The first and only book to provide biographical details on Afghanistan's most notorious warlord who is likely to once again play a central role in fighting the Taliban when coalition troops withdraw in 2014"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 958.10474 Wi Checked In Add Copy to MyList Thelma Parker Memorial P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 958.10474 Wi Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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