Militia order in Afghanistan : guadians or gangsters ? /
Dearing, Matthew P.
Militia order in Afghanistan : guadians or gangsters ? / Matthew P. Dearing - 179 pages ; 24 cm. - Contemporary security studies .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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. In Afghanistan's counterinsurgency environment, America leaned on militias to provide order and stabilize communities cut off from weak central government institutions. However, the lucrative market of protection challenged militia loyalty, as many engaged in banditry, vendettas, and predation.
9780367710453
LCSH : Parliamentary forces--21st century--Afghanistan-History
Counterinsurgency--Afghanistan
warlordism--A fghanistan
Central- local government relations--Afghanistan
658.10474 DEA
Militia order in Afghanistan : guadians or gangsters ? / Matthew P. Dearing - 179 pages ; 24 cm. - Contemporary security studies .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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. In Afghanistan's counterinsurgency environment, America leaned on militias to provide order and stabilize communities cut off from weak central government institutions. However, the lucrative market of protection challenged militia loyalty, as many engaged in banditry, vendettas, and predation.
9780367710453
LCSH : Parliamentary forces--21st century--Afghanistan-History
Counterinsurgency--Afghanistan
warlordism--A fghanistan
Central- local government relations--Afghanistan
658.10474 DEA