| Description |
1 online resource (207 pages) : color illustrations, maps. |
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Genocide & persecution |
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Gale eBooks
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Genocide and persecution.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Historical background on Liberia -- Overview of the Liberian civil wars / Daniel Elwood Dunn -- Samuel K. Doe's regime struggles to rule Liberia after the assassination of Tolbert / Gregory Jaynes -- Child soldiers are used routinely in the Liberian conflict / Human Rights Watch -- Diamonds fuel violence in Liberia and surrounding countries / Lansana Gberie -- A peace agreement ends the conflict in Liberia -- The Truth and Reconciliation Commission states its findings -- Charles Taylor is convicted of war crimes / Associated Press -- Liberian refugees must decide whether to return to Liberia / Chris Stein -- Controversies surrounding Liberia -- The Liberian war was fueled by ethnic tensions / Veronica Nmoma-Hilliard -- The Liberian war was motivated by political factors, not ethnicity / Isabelle Duyvesteyn -- The Sierra Leone/Liberian conflict was fueled by the diamond trade / James Rupert -- Diamonds did not directly cause the Sierra Leone/Liberian conflict / Se Young Jang -- Child soldiers should not be prosecuted for war crimes / David M. Crane -- There are legal and moral difficulties with refusing to prosecute child soldiers / IRIN -- ECOWAS peacekeeping efforts in Liberia were beneficial / Natalie E. Brown -- ECOWAS peacekeeping efforts prolonged the Liberian conflict / Luca Renda -- Refugees, like those from Liberia, tend to spread conflict and violence / Sarah Kenyon Lischer -- Refugees, like those from Liberia, have benefited the countries they entered / Karen Jacobson -- The Truth and Reconciliation report has helped Liberians heal / Glenna Gordon -- The Truth and Reconciliation report has caused dangerous divisions in Liberia / Semantics King, Jr -- Personal narratives -- A Liberian woman remembers her chilhood and the 1980 coup in Liberia / Helene Cooper -- A Liberian woman remembers fleeing Liberia as a refugee / Louise G'esedeh Barton -- A Sierra Leone man remembers being a child soldier / Ishmael Beah -- A Liberian woman remembers being a rebel soldier / Diane Taylor -- Liberians in Minnesota tell stories of abuse and torture / Toni Randolph. |
| Summary |
Examines the genocide and persecution of the Liberian people, focusing on the Liberian Civil Wars and violence in the country from the 1970s to the 2000s. |
| Subject |
Political violence -- Liberia.
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Crimes against humanity -- Liberia.
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Child soldiers -- Liberia.
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Human rights -- Liberia.
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Liberia -- History -- 1980-
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Liberia -- Politics and government -- 1980-
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| Added Author |
Berlatsky, Noah, editor of compilation.
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Chalk, Frank, editor of compilation.
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Gale (Firm)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Liberia. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2014 9780737768992 (DLC) 2014000754 |
| ISBN |
9780737770148 (electronic book) |
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9780737768992 (hardcover) |
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