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Title: |
Sierra Leonean Tragedy |
| Sub-title: |
History & Global Dimensions |
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| By (author): |
J Peter Pham |
| ISBN10-13: |
1594549222 : 9781594549229 |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Size: |
180x260mm |
| Pages: |
308 |
| Weight: |
.918 Kg. |
| Published: |
Nova Science Publishers, Inc (US) - January 2006 |
| List Price: |
119.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
Temporarily Out of Stock, more expected soon
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| Subjects: |
Regional studies : Sierra Leone |
| This new book weaves a narrative of the history of Sierra Leone, from its foundation as a settlement for black slaves who fought for the British Crown during the American Revolution through the events of the civil war, with a discussion of more general geopolitical lessons to be learned from the recent conflict, its origins, and settlement. In addition, the book contains six appendices that render the present work -- the first comprehensive history of Sierra Leone since the classic studies published more than a generation ago by Christopher Fyfe and John Peterson -- an invaluable reference on conflict resolution in general as well as the West African country in particular, including a chronology of select events in the history of Sierra Leone and the texts of the peace agreements and other post-conflict documents. |
| Table of Contents: |
| Preface; Introduction; The Road to the Future Runs Through the Past: The Pre-Colonial Period; Drift, Decline, and the Establishment of a Patrimonial State; Diamonds Aren’t Forever, are they?; The Coming of the Terror; Child Soldiers, Hunters, and Mercenaries: The Widening Conflagration; The Perils of Peacekeeping and Peacemaking; Dealing with the Aftermath: The Quest for Justice; The Global Dimensions of an African Civil Conflict; Index. |
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