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Author: Brian Glyn Williams
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Imprint: Chicago Review Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 22.80cm
Weight: 0.630kg
ISBN: 9781613748008
ISBN 10: 1613748000
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 01 September 2013
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Temporarily unavailable
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Reviews
A jewel. General Abdul Rashid Dostum is a crucial and colorful character in the United States' stunning victory over the Taliban. --Peter Eichstaedt, author, Above the Din of War
A riveting account of a warlord's rise to power that has all the drama, intrigue, and warfare of The Kite Runner , only this Afghan story is real. --Scott C. Levi, associate professor of Central Asian history, Ohio State University A jewel. General Abdul Rashid Dostum is a crucial and colorful character in the United States' stunning victory over the Taliban. --Peter Eichstaedt, author, Above the Din of War ...will appeal mostly to academics and those with an intense interest in the collapse of the Taliban. -- Kirkus Reviews Dostum's story of never-ending battles, assassination attempts, and alliances forming and breaking in the blink of an eye is fascinating, whether he is regarded as hero or villain. - Publishers Weekly The Last Warlord sheds essential light on the political challenges and drama that continue to grip Afghanistan. When the last regular US troops have left that country, the Uzbek fighter and politician Abdul Rashid--Dostum--as well as Tajiks, Hazaras, and Pashtun, will remain, and Williams's book is an illuminating guide to what may lie ahead. --Doug Stanton, New York Times bestselling author of In Harm's Way and Horse Soldiers The Last Warlord is an in-depth look at one of the most important figures of the war in Afghanistan. Dostum played a key role in the early years of the war, and Williams does a great job telling the story of a very complex man and the Americans that fought with him. --Kevin Maurer, coauthor of No Easy Day Williams offers an intimate portrait not only of the warrior, but of the Afghan nation that so many have tried and failed to get their arms around. -- Bubblews.com
Author Information
Brian Glyn Williams, PhDat the University of MassachusettsDartmouth. He has worked for the Central Intelligence Agency tracking suicide bombers in Afghanistan and is the author of Predators: The CIA's Drone War on al Qaeda, Afghanistan Declassified: A Guide to America's Longest War, and The Crimean Tatars: The Diaspora Experience and the Forging of a Nation.
