Format:
Online-Ressource (386 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9781848138483
Content:
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. In this 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 those turbulent years
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About the Author; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The Taylor enigma; Context of the war and definitions; A country destroyed and a region torn; Liberia: county map; Part One: The Land of the Freed; 1 | Foundations of a Settlement; End of the Tubman era; Shotgun settlement in the palaver hut; Mythical Matilda Newport; West Africa regional map; A Western colony in all but name; Entering the unknown Liberia; Paramount patronage; The modern commodity era begins; Beginnings of dissent; 2 | The Spirit of Liberia; Arthington journey: inauspicious early times
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Humble origins and adoptionA trip to Bomi County; Society and economy; Liberty, fraternity, spirituality; Liberian ethnic and language groups map; Tribal Affiliations of Liberian Population, 1962 Census; Poro practices and rituals; The heart of the matter; Traditional forces for contemporary power; 3 | Confronting the Old Order; Tolbert's uncomfortable balancing act amid change; An age of agitation; The right to rice; Leaving for studies in the United States; Bentley days and family life; ULAA and expatriate activism; Showdown with the president; Invitation to return; Coup of April 1980
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Native power: the People's Redemption CouncilPart Two: From Dictatorship to Anarchy; 4 | Sergeant-in-Charge: Samuel Doe's presidency; A new career in procurement; Sitting up and taking notice in Washington DC; Charlie tap-dances as Nancy rocks; The mood towards Monrovia hardens; Succumbing to temptation at the GSA; Punishing Nimba; Taylor apprehended on his adoptive home turf; Business as usual despite criticisms; 5 | Doe's Decline, Taylor's Travels; Thomas Quiwonkpa's coup; Breakout and flight: New England getaway drama; White-collar prison life; Running spy rings around Ghana
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The diaspora regroupsBuilding a movement; 6 | Charles Taylor's War; Taylor the adoptive Nimbaian; Swelling ranks, declining discipline; The rebel communicator; AFL crumbles on the battlefield; Doe's internal purge intensifies; Internal tensions and rivals' disappearances; First battle of Monrovia, July - August 1990; Fatal distraction; The second rebel faction appears; Taylor claims the presidency; Nigerian element drives a wedge between Taylor and the USA; Assassination of Doe; Gruesome ending on videotape; 7 | The Pantomime of Peace; Brute force prevails in negotiations
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ECOMOG, the civil war's imported factionOperation Octopus; Map: Conflict in Greater Liberia,1991 - 1994; Cotonou Accords offer amnesty to perpetrators; Taylor returns to Monrovia; Transitional government no. 2: new game, same rules; Third battle for Monrovia; International community trapped in Monrovia inferno; Another triumph for the strongmen; Part Three: Power in Greater Liberia; 8 | Greater Liberia: Prospering and Assimilating; Getting down to foreign deals; Solidarity with Francophonie; Ghankay-Leaks, a media operation ahead of its time; The wealth of war; Connecting with country spirits
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Excesses in the interior
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781848138490
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781848138476
Additional Edition:
Print version Charles Taylor and Liberia : Ambition and Atrocity in Africa's Lone Star State
Language:
English
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