Matthew P. Dearing

Militia Order in Afghanistan

Guardians or Gangsters?

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers a new insight into when and why paramilitary groups in Afghanistan engage in protective or predatory behavior against the civilians they purportedly defend.

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Produktdetails

• Contemporary Security Studies
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 434g
• ISBN-13: 9780367710453
• ISBN-10: 0367710455
• Artikelnr.: 62222378

Autorenporträt

Matthew P. Dearing is an Associate Professor of Regional and Analytical Studies at the College of International Security Affairs, National Defense University.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Hassan Abbas 1. Introduction 2. Embedded Militias in Afghanistan 3. Gangland in Northern Afghanistan 4. Vigilante Uprisings in Ghazni 5. Guardians of Paktika 6. From Guardians to Territorial Force

Rezensionen

'Dearing has done an outstanding job of weaving together a wide range of critical themes relevant to militias and state institution building that offer very valuable insights to both policy and academic worlds. .. The lessons of history are evident as Dearing's excellent scholarship makes clear: no success or progress is possible if the legitimate interests and security concerns of at-risk communities are not kept in view.'--from the Foreword by Hassan Abbas, National Defense University, Washington DC, USA

'Based on Dearing's personal observations on the ground as an advisor to US forces as well as studies conducted by various US and international agencies, this book documents an ever-changing landscape of state-supported militias in Afghanistan and asks important questions about whether militias are effective instruments of state building or whether they are a threat to that mission. Using studies of militias in three different Afghan provinces, Dearing (National Defense Univ.) advocates for the inclusion of local communities and their mechanisms of accountability into the administration of militias...

Summing Up: Optional. Faculty and professionals.'

H. Shambayati, Florida Gulf Coast University, CHOICE, October 2023