{"product_id":"warlord-survival-9781501746420","title":"Warlord Survival","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow do warlords survive and even thrive in contexts that are explicitly set up to undermine them? How do they rise after each fall? Warlord Survival answers these questions. Drawing on hundreds of in-depth interviews in Afghanistan between 2007 and 2018, with ministers, governors, a former vice-president, warlords and their entourages...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMalejacq gives us an extensive, in-depth vision of the political agency of warlords and how they manage to maintain their political authority even in highly challenging (geo)political scenarios. He brings an important and well-grounded interrogation to Western interventionist models of state-building. Moreover, his book has the potential of opening-up the readers' imagination to alternative constructions of political orders and broader perspectives on 'international actors', given his presentation of warlords' skilful diplomacies and strategies towards international politics.\u003c\/p\u003e * Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMalejacq's book impressively illustrates in meticulous detail how understanding warlords as limited to organising violence is a gross mis-representation of their skills and political adaptive potential.\u003c\/p\u003e * e-International Relations *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Map of areas of relevance\u003cbr\u003e Map of Afghanistan provinces\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Why Warlord Survival?\u003cbr\u003e Warlords, States, and Political Orders\u003cbr\u003e The Game of Survival\u003cbr\u003e Ismail Khan, the Armed Notable of Western Afghani stan\u003cbr\u003e Dostum, the Ethnic Entrepreneur\u003cbr\u003e Massoud and Fahim: The Mujahid and the Violent Entrepreneu\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Beyond Warlord Survival\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409340571991,"sku":"9781501746420","price":35.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501746420.jpg?v=1730506479","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/warlord-survival-9781501746420","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}