The Liberian Civil War
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0714647853
Category
900-GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY
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Publication Year
1998
Publisher
Pages
229
Subject
LIBERIAN-HISTORY-CIVIL WAR 1989
Abstract
Just before Christmas 1989, a small group of armed fighters crossed a narrow river making the frontier with Ivory Cost, and entered the West African state of Liberia. The civil war which followed plunged the African continet's oldest republic into a long and agonising nightmare, during which the country was torn apart and its people brutalized by terror, violence and bloodshed. The war promised to liberate Liberians after almost ten years of vicious dictatorship under President Samuel Doe; instead, as the first shots were fired, the seeds of Libreria's devastating were sown.
Description
The civil war in 1989 promised freedom from ten years of vicious dictatorship; instead the seeds of Liberia's devastation were sown. Mark Huband's account of the conflict is a portrayal of the war as it unfolded, drawing on the author's experience of living amongst the fighters. - from Amzon
Biblio Notes
Contents:
1. Soldiers, Priest and Beer Money................................ P. 1
2. A Prize for the Gambler ........................................... P. 14
3. The American way of Life ........................................ P. 27
4. Return of Renegade ................................................ P. 45
5. A Journey of the North ............................................ P. 63
6. Shadows in a Forest ................................................ P. 74
7. A City on the Ocean ................................................ P. 94
8. Warriors and Wild Fruit ............................................ P. 107
9. The Eyes of the Storm .............................................. P. 123
10. Moonlight and Murder ............................................. P. 134
11. The Hand of a Child ................................................ P. 145
12. The Face of a Man................................................... P. 156
13. Death of a City ....................................................... P. 166
14. Music in a Graveyard ............................................... P. 177
15. Death of a Dictator .................................................. P. 191
16. Feasting with the Grandees ...................................... P. 205
1. Soldiers, Priest and Beer Money................................ P. 1
2. A Prize for the Gambler ........................................... P. 14
3. The American way of Life ........................................ P. 27
4. Return of Renegade ................................................ P. 45
5. A Journey of the North ............................................ P. 63
6. Shadows in a Forest ................................................ P. 74
7. A City on the Ocean ................................................ P. 94
8. Warriors and Wild Fruit ............................................ P. 107
9. The Eyes of the Storm .............................................. P. 123
10. Moonlight and Murder ............................................. P. 134
11. The Hand of a Child ................................................ P. 145
12. The Face of a Man................................................... P. 156
13. Death of a City ....................................................... P. 166
14. Music in a Graveyard ............................................... P. 177
15. Death of a Dictator .................................................. P. 191
16. Feasting with the Grandees ...................................... P. 205
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