Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vi
4. Foreword vii
5. Acknowledgments ix
6. Note on Transliteration xi
7. 1. Introduction: “Empty Buildings” 1
8. 2. “The Nest of the Crazy”: The Ethnographic Setting 27
9. 3. “We Drank the Jabha with Our Mothers’ Milk”: Joining Factions 51
10. 4. “We Are the Factions”: Political Faction Membership 71
11. 5. “Factions Are Like Shops”: Aid, Discipline, and the Structural Effect 91
12. 6. “Factions Are Forced Husbands”: Physical Representations, Factionalism, and Party Ideology 111
13. 7. Conclusion: “The Guys Were Doing Something Great, the Factions Destroyed It” 135
14. Notes 149
15. Bibliography 157
16. Index 167