Charles Taylor And Liberia
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Charles Taylor And Liberia
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Author : Colin M. Waugh
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2011-10-13
Charles Taylor And Liberia written by Colin M. Waugh and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-13 with Political Science categories.
Campaigner, insurgent, fugitive, rebel commander, commodity kingpin, elected president, exile and finally prisoner, Charles Taylor sought to lead his country to change but instead ignited a conflict which destroyed Liberia in over a decade of violence, greed and personal ambition. Taylor's takeover threw much of the neigbouring region into turmoil, until he was finally brought to face justice in The Hague for his role in Sierra Leone's civil war. In this remarkable and eye-opening book, Colin Waugh draws on a variety of sources, testimonies and original interviews - including with Taylor himself - to recount the story of what really happened during these turbulent years. In doing so, he examines both the life of Charles Taylor, as well as the often self-interested efforts of the international community to first save Liberia from disaster, then, having failed to do so, to bring to justice the man it deems most to blame for its disintegration.
American Warlord
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Author : Johnny Dwyer
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2016-03-22
American Warlord written by Johnny Dwyer and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-22 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The incredible true story of Chucky Taylor, the only American ever convicted of torture. Chucky Taylor was an average American teenager, until he got a call from his father, a man who would become the infamous dictator of Liberia. Arriving in West Africa and reunited with his father, Chucky soon found himself leading a murderous militia group tasked with carrying out the president’s vendettas. Young and drunk on power, and with no real training beyond watching action films, Chucky spiraled into a binge of drugs, violence, and women, committing crimes that stunned even his father. A work of astonishing journalism, American Warlord is the true story of those dark years in Liberia, cutting right to the bone of humanity’s terrifying and unknowable capacity for cruelty to show just how easily a soul can be lost amid the chaos of war.
The Mask Of Anarchy Updated Edition
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Author : Stephen Ellis
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2006-09
The Mask Of Anarchy Updated Edition written by Stephen Ellis and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-09 with History categories.
Liberia has been one of Africa’s most violent trouble spots. In 1990, when thousands of teenage fighters, including young men wearing women’s clothing and bizarre objects of decoration, laid siege to the capital, the world took notice. Since then Liberia has been through devastating civil upheaval. What began as a civil conflict, has spread to other West African nations. Eschewing popular stereotypes and simple explanations, Stephen Ellis traces the history of the civil war that has blighted Liberia in recent years and looks at its political, ethnic and cultural roots. He focuses on the role religion and ritual have played in shaping and intensifying this brutal war. In this edition, with a new preface by the author, Ellis provides a current picture of Liberia and details how much of the same problems still exist.
The Legal Legacy Of The Special Court For Sierra Leone
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Author : Charles Jalloh
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2020-07-16
The Legal Legacy Of The Special Court For Sierra Leone written by Charles Jalloh and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-16 with Law categories.
Explores how the first treaty-based UN international tribunal's judges innovatively applied the law to perpetrators of international crimes in one of the worst conflicts in recent history.
Where Charles Taylor Went Wrong
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Author : Max Willie
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2013-06-28
Where Charles Taylor Went Wrong written by Max Willie and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-28 with Political Science categories.
WHERE CHARLES TAYLOR WENT WRONG lays bare the issues and events that culminated in the downfall of a man who remarkably transfi gured Liberia, Africas oldest independent republic. Charles Taylors missteps and failures in Liberia, as well his ill-advised role in Sierra Leone, a country with common border and heritage; his infl ammatory foreign policy toward not only the US and other Western powers, but to neighboring countries as well was the basis for his international isolation, the lack of donor support to his government and his eventual demise. Perhaps no other writing has brought to focus yet Charles Taylors slip-ups, as does this copy. Historians, students of history, policy makers, and political observers everywhere may find this work an attention in their analyses of war, peace and governance, particularly in Africa
Collective Insecurity
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Author : Ikechi Mgbeoji
language : en
Publisher: UBC Press
Release Date : 2011-11-01
Collective Insecurity written by Ikechi Mgbeoji and has been published by UBC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-01 with Law categories.
This book provides both a superb analysis of the historical dysfunction of the post-colonial African state generally and, more specifically, a probing critique of the crisis that resulted in the tragic collapse of Liberia. Ikechi Mgbeoji ultimately shows that blame for this endless cycle of violence must be laid at the feet of both the Western powers and African states themselves. He further posits that a reconstructed regime of African statehood, legitimate governance, and reform of the United Nations Security Council are imperatives for the creation of a stable African polity.
Blood From Stones
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Author : Douglas Farah
language : en
Publisher: Broadway
Release Date : 2004
Blood From Stones written by Douglas Farah and has been published by Broadway this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Business & Economics categories.
"Veteran investigative reporter Douglas Farah was the Washington Post's Africa bureau chief focusing on the diamond and illegal arms trade when, in the wake of 9/11, he made an explosive discovery: indisputable evidence that al Qaeda and other terrorist groups were laundering their cash by trading it for diamonds mined in Sierra Leone and Liberia. Probing the shadowy world where corrupt officials, diamond and arms merchants, vicious rebels, drugged child soldiers, and the informal Arab network of money changers known as hawalas intersect, Farah uncovered a crucial piece of the terrorism puzzle Western intelligence missed: the interlocking web of commodities, underground transfer systems, charities, and sympathetic bankers supporting terrorist activities throughout the world." "Farah's journey into the dangerous and uncharted world of terrorist financing took him across four continents. The information he gathered was far ahead of what U.S. intelligence agencies knew as they scrambled to understand the 9/11 attacks. In detail, Farah traces the movement of money from the traffickers of "blood diamonds" in West Africa to the world diamond exchange in Belgium and homegrown money merchants in Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Karachi, and Lahore who turn cash into commodities and commodities into cash. He probes charities that siphon off money to pay for such essentials as false identification cards and safe passage for operatives. And he reveals how the funding of terrorist activities is integrated into the age-old hawala network, a trust-based system that has operated for generations across Arabia and Southeastern Asia. Focusing on this critical aspect of the war on terrorism, Blood from Stones not only shows how terrorists are able to orchestrate complex and expensive attacks but also makes it clear why the war will be so difficult to win."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
The Liberian Civil War
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Author : Mark Huband
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-06-17
The Liberian Civil War written by Mark Huband and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-17 with History categories.
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.
Civil War And State Formation
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Author : Felix Gerdes
language : en
Publisher: Campus Verlag
Release Date : 2013-05
Civil War And State Formation written by Felix Gerdes and has been published by Campus Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05 with Business & Economics categories.
Liberia was the scene of two devastating civil wars since late 1989 and became widely considered a failed state. By contrast, the country is frequently described as a success story since the international professional Ellen Johnson Sirleaf assumed the presidency following democratic elections in 2005. The book investigates the political economy of civil war and democratic peace and puts the developments into historical perspective. The author argues that the civil wars did not represent the breakdown of the state but exhibited dynamics characteristic of state formation. His analysis of continuity and change in Liberia's political evolution details both political progress and persistent structural deficits of the polity. Book jacket.