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| Publisher | Harper Collins |
| ISBN 13 | 9789352644063 |
| Book Subtitle | The Life and Legend of Dostum, the Afghan Warrior Who Led US Special Forces to Topple the Taliban Regime |
| Book Description | The Last Warlord tells the story of the legendary Afghan warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum, a larger-than-life figure who guided US Special Forces to victory over the Taliban after 9/11. Having gained unprecedented access to General Dostum, his family and his sub-commanders, as well as local chieftains, mullahs, elders, Taliban prisoners and women's rights activists, scholar Brian Glyn Williams paints a fascinating portrait of this Northern Alliance Uzbek commander who has been shrouded in mystery and contradicting hearsay. In contrast to sensational media accounts that have mythologized the 'bear of a man with a gruff laugh' who 'some Uzbeks swear, has on occasion frightened people to death', Williams carefully chronicles Dostum's rise from peasant villager to Uzbek leader and skilled strategist who has fought a long and bitter war against the Taliban and Al Qaeda fanatics that have sought to repress his people. |
| About the Author | Brian Glyn Williams is a professor of Islamic history at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth. 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. |
| Language | English |
| Format | Paperback |
| Author | Brian Glyn Williams |
| Publication Date | 26-06-2017 |
| Number of Pages | 356 |
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