Warlords : strong-arm brokers in weak states /
Warlords are individuals who control small territories within weak states, using a combination of force and patronage. In this book, Kimberly Marten shows why and how warlords undermine state sovereignty. Unlike the feudal lords of a previous era, warlords today are not state-builders. Instead they...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
2012.
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| Series: | Cornell studies in security affairs.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctt7z8br |
Table of Contents:
- Warlords : an introduction
- Warlords and universal sovereignty
- Ungoverned warlords : Pakistan's FATA in the twentieth century
- The Georgian experiment with warlords
- Chechnya : the sovereignty of Ramzan Kadyrov
- It takes three : Washington, Baghdad, and the Sons of Iraq
- Conclusion : lessons and hypotheses.