LEADER 00000cam 2200469 i 4500 003 MiFhGG 005 20190911100033.0 006 m o d 007 cr un ---uuuua 008 140109s2014 miuab ob 001 0 eng d 020 9780737770148 (electronic book) 020 |z9780737768992 (hardcover) 035 (OCoLC)879867011 040 MiFhGG|beng|cMiFhGG|erda|epn 082 04 966.6203 082 04 966.6203|223 099 Gale eBooks 245 00 Liberia /|cNoah Berlatsky, book editor ; Frank Chalk, consulting editor.||h[Gale electronic resource] 264 1 Farmington Hills, Mich. :|bGreenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning,|c2014. 300 1 online resource (207 pages) :|bcolor illustrations, maps. 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 490 1 Genocide & persecution 490 0 Gale eBooks 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 00 |tHistorical background on Liberia --|tOverview of the Liberian civil wars /|rDaniel Elwood Dunn --|tSamuel K. Doe's regime struggles to rule Liberia after the assassination of Tolbert /|rGregory Jaynes --|tChild soldiers are used routinely in the Liberian conflict / |rHuman Rights Watch --|tDiamonds fuel violence in Liberia and surrounding countries /|rLansana Gberie --|tA peace agreement ends the conflict in Liberia --|tThe Truth and Reconciliation Commission states its findings --|tCharles Taylor is convicted of war crimes /|rAssociated Press -- |tLiberian refugees must decide whether to return to Liberia /|rChris Stein --|tControversies surrounding Liberia --|tThe Liberian war was fueled by ethnic tensions /|rVeronica Nmoma-Hilliard --|tThe Liberian war was motivated by political factors, not ethnicity /|rIsabelle Duyvesteyn --|tThe Sierra Leone/Liberian conflict was fueled by the diamond trade /|rJames Rupert --|tDiamonds did not directly cause the Sierra Leone/Liberian conflict /|rSe Young Jang --|tChild soldiers should not be prosecuted for war crimes /|rDavid M. Crane --|tThere are legal and moral difficulties with refusing to prosecute child soldiers /|rIRIN --|tECOWAS peacekeeping efforts in Liberia were beneficial /|rNatalie E. Brown --|tECOWAS peacekeeping efforts prolonged the Liberian conflict / |rLuca Renda --|tRefugees, like those from Liberia, tend to spread conflict and violence /|rSarah Kenyon Lischer -- |tRefugees, like those from Liberia, have benefited the countries they entered /|rKaren Jacobson --|tThe Truth and Reconciliation report has helped Liberians heal /|rGlenna Gordon --|tThe Truth and Reconciliation report has caused dangerous divisions in Liberia /|rSemantics King, Jr -- |tPersonal narratives --|tA Liberian woman remembers her chilhood and the 1980 coup in Liberia /|rHelene Cooper -- |tA Liberian woman remembers fleeing Liberia as a refugee /|rLouise G'esedeh Barton --|tA Sierra Leone man remembers being a child soldier /|rIshmael Beah --|tA Liberian woman remembers being a rebel soldier /|rDiane Taylor -- |tLiberians in Minnesota tell stories of abuse and torture /|rToni Randolph. 520 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. 588 Description based on print version record. 650 0 Political violence|zLiberia. 650 0 Crimes against humanity|zLiberia. 650 0 Child soldiers|zLiberia. 650 0 Human rights|zLiberia. 651 0 Liberia|xHistory|y1980- 651 0 Liberia|xPolitics and government|y1980- 700 1 Berlatsky, Noah,|eeditor of compilation. 700 1 Chalk, Frank,|eeditor of compilation. 710 2 Gale (Firm) 776 08 |iPrint version:|tLiberia.|dFarmington Hills, Mich. : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2014 |z9780737768992|w(DLC) 2014000754 830 0 Genocide and persecution. 856 40 |uhttps://ezproxy.naperville-lib.org/login?URL=https:// link.gale.com/apps/pub/6NEO/GVRL?sid=gale_marc& u=napervillepl|zAvailable on Gale eBooks