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Lansana Gberie - A Dirty War in West Africa: The R.U.F. and the Destruction of Sierra Leone - 9781850657422 - V9781850657422
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A Dirty War in West Africa: The R.U.F. and the Destruction of Sierra Leone

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Description for A Dirty War in West Africa: The R.U.F. and the Destruction of Sierra Leone Paperback. The Revolutionary United Front (RUF), claimed to be freeing the country from corruption and the brutalities of its political class and their foreign allies, but their insurgency killed more than 75,000 people. This title charts in detail the decade long civil war that brought Sierra Leone to its knees from 1991-2001. Num Pages: 238 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; 3JJPR; HBJH; HBLW3; HBW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
"A Dirty War in West Africa" charts in gripping detail - based on first-band experience - the decade long civil war that brought Sierra Leone to its knees from 1991-2001. The group spearheading the violence, the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), claimed to be freeing the country from corruption and the brutalities of its political class and their foreign allies, but their insurgency killed more than 75,000 people, displaced half the population and destroyed one third of the country's already feeble infrastructure. The RUF also became notorious for appalling acts of brutality, including rape and the widespread use of mutilation: those ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
238
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781850657422
SKU
V9781850657422
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-5

About Lansana Gberie
Lansana Gberie is a research associate of the Wilfried Laurier Centre for Miltary, Strategic and Disarmament Studies, and a consultant for Partnership Africa Canada, an Ottawa-based lobby group. He covered the Sierra Leonean civil war as a journalist for the Inter Press Service and newspapers from 1991-6, and was among the first to meet and interview Foday Sankoh, former leader ... Read more

Reviews for A Dirty War in West Africa: The R.U.F. and the Destruction of Sierra Leone
'Gberie, a journalist and longtime observer of Sierra Leone's politics, has written an even handed and perceptive account of the country's tragic civil war during the 1990s. Much of his story focuses on the revel leader Foday Sankoh, a small-time political entrepreneur who emerged from radical student politics, went through military training in Muammar al-Qaddafi's Libya, and went on to ... Read more

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