LEADER 03821oam 22006734a 450 001 9910452760703321 005 20211222195647.0 010 $a0-8014-5679-7 010 $a0-8014-6458-7 010 $a0-8014-6411-0 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801464119 035 $a(CKB)2550000000104283 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000685843 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11409886 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000685843 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10717109 035 $a(PQKB)10349483 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138348 035 $a(DE-B1597)481700 035 $a(OCoLC)798902976 035 $a(OCoLC)987928903 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801464119 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138348 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10572665 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL681650 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_72402 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000104283 100 $a20111214d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWarlords$eStrong-arm Brokers in Weak States /$fKimberly Marten 210 1$cCornell University Press,$aIthaca :$d2012. 215 $axiii, 262 p 225 0 $aCornell studies in security affairs 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-322-50368-0 311 $a0-8014-5076-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aWarlords : 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. 330 $aWarlords are individuals who control small territories within weak states, using a combination of force and patronage. In this book, Kimberly Marten shows why and how warlords undermine state sovereignty. Unlike the feudal lords of a previous era, warlords today are not state-builders. Instead they collude with cost-conscious, corrupt, or frightened state officials to flout and undermine state capacity. They thrive on illegality, relying on private militias for support, and often provoke violent resentment from those who are cut out of their networks. Some act as middlemen for competing states, helping to hollow out their own states from within. Countries ranging from the United States to Russia have repeatedly chosen to ally with warlords, but Marten argues that to do so is a dangerous proposition.Drawing on interviews, documents, local press reports, and in-depth historical analysis, Marten examines warlordism in the Pakistani tribal areas during the twentieth century, in post-Soviet Georgia and the Russian republic of Chechnya, and among Sunni militias in the U.S.-supported Anbar Awakening and Sons of Iraq programs. In each case state leaders (some domestic and others foreign) created, tolerated, actively supported, undermined, or overthrew warlords and their militias. Marten draws lessons from these experiences to generate new arguments about the relationship between states, sovereignty, "local power brokers," and stability and security in the modern world. 410 0$aCornell studies in security affairs. 606 $aWarlordism and international relations 606 $aWarlordism$xHistory$y21st century 606 $aWarlordism$xHistory$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWarlordism and international relations. 615 0$aWarlordism$xHistory 615 0$aWarlordism$xHistory 676 $a321.9 700 $aMarten$b Kimberly Zisk$f1963-$01016149 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452760703321 996 $aWarlords$92484620 997 $aUNINA