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The Liberian Civil War (Paperback)
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The Liberian Civil War (Paperback)
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Just before Christmas 1989, a small group of armed fighters crossed
a narrow river marking the frontier with Sierra Leone, and entered
the West African state of Liberia. The civil war which followed
plunged the African continent's oldest republic into a long and
agonising nightmare, during which the country was torn apart and
its people brutalised 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 Liberia's devastation were sown.
Mark Huband's account of the conflict, which begins a few days
after the original incursion, is a moving and dramatic portrayal of
the war as it unfolded. His extensive research and access to key
figures in the conflict, together with a wealth of poignant and
disturbing eye-witness detail, provide a fascinating portrait of
Doe, his US-backed rule, and the enemies he made. Vivid and often
harrowing, the book draws upon the author's experience of living
among the fighters, the leaders and the terrorised population as
they witnessed the growing horror of the conflict in which they had
become trapped.
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