Fighting for the Rain Forest: War, Youth and Resources in Sierra Leone
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Examines the war in Sierra Leone as a crisis of modernity. Do small wars in Africa manifest a 'new barbarism'?
What appears as random, anarchic violence is no such thing. The terrifying military methods of of Sierra Leone's soldiers may not fir conventional western models of warfare, but they are rational and effective nonetheless. The war must be understood partly as a 'performance', in which techniques of terror compensate for lack of...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0852553978
ISBN13:9780852553978
Release Date:January 1996
Publisher:James Currey
Length:240 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"
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Africa Economics Environment Environmental Economics Forests & Forestry History Literary Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Literature & Fiction Management & Leadership Natural Resources Nature Nature & Ecology Political Science Politics & Government Science & Math Sierra Leone Social Sciences Systems & Planning World LiteratureCustomer Reviews
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