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Nor had Massoud shown much aptitude for governing except as a ruthless warlord.
The Washington Post leads with word that Charles Taylor, the warlord who started and dominated Liberia's seven-year civil war (estimated deaths: 150,000) is winning his country's presidential election.
The Edo period extended from the end of the civil wars of the 16 th century (the source of all samurai films) and the consolidation of power under the warlord Tokugawa Ieyasu, to the Meiji Restoration, when Japan adopted something resembling a parliamentary monarchy under the emperor.
Rikyu apparently incurred the warlord’s wrath by placing a statue of himself in the large main gate, under which Hideyoshi would have had to pass — an intolerable affront to a famously proud warrior.
It would mean a redoubled effort to secure the country, disarm militias, and curtail the age of warlord rule.