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100	1		_aWilliams, Brian Glyn.
245	1	4	_aThe last warlord : _bthe life and legend of Dostum, the Afghan warrior who led US Special Forces to topple the Taliban Regime / _cBrian Glyn Williams, PhD.
260			_aChicago, Illinois : _bChicago Review Press, _c©2013.
300			_axviii, 334 pages, [16] unnumbered pages of ports : _bcolor illustrations, maps ; _c24 cm
520			_aSummary: "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"—Provided by publisher.
520			_a"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"—Provided by publisher.
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600	1	0	_aDūstum, ʻAbd al-Rashīd, _d1954-
610	2	0	_aTaliban.
650		0	_aWarlordism _zAfghanistan _xHistory
651		0	_aAfghanistan _xPolitics and government _y1989-2001.
651		0	_aAfghanistan _xPolitics and government _y2001-
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