Mask of Anarchy Updated Edition The Destruction of Liberia and the Religious Dimension of an African Civil War

Name: Mask of Anarchy Updated Edition The Destruction of Liberia and the Religious Dimension of an African Civil War
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ISBN: 9780814722381

ISBN-10: 0814722385

ISBN-13: 9780814722381

Edition: 2nd 2006 (Revised)

Authors: Stephen Ellis

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"Outstanding. . . . A model of lucid writing, thorough research, and penetrating interpretation, this is one of the best books on Africa in recent years." -- "Foreign Affairs" "No other available account of the civil war is as concise, accurate, or lucid." -- "Christian Scholar's Review" "Cogently argued and supported by a wealth of observation" -- "Times Literary Supplement" By far and away the best on the Liberian civil war. It is difficult to praise it too highly: lucid yet avoiding over-simplification, and entirely free of cant or ideological preconceptions, it is a model of its kind. -- "The Sunday Telegraph" "Ellis has written a very honest and brave book about a ghastly human…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication date: 9/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 350
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.88" tall
Weight: 1.100



Acknowledgements


Acronyms


Introduction: African wars


A death in the night


War and barbarism



A Chronicle



The First of the Warlords


A frontier society


Government, trade and politics


Chairman Doe


Quiwonkpa's legacy: the NPFL



Lean and Hungry Years


The Nimba County campaign


Splits in the NPFL


Greater and Lesser Liberia


New factions


Monrovia, 1996: the final battle



The Mechanics of War


Punishing Monrovia


The profit motive


Factions as political organisations


Military organisations and civilian life



Business and Diplomacy


The West African balance of power


The game of nations


Markets and rackets


Colonies and non-colonies



An Inquiry



A Nation Long Forlorn


Settlers and others


The politics of stateless societies


Liberian administration


The Liberian state



Men and Devils


Poro business is eating business


Secret societies under Liberian administration


The political assimilation of religious ritual


Ritual killing and modern politics


War, power and the spiritual order


The psychology of transformation



False Prophets


Politicians


A conflict of generations


Culture and imagination


Some implications for the wider world


The family tree


Annexes



Casualties of the Liberian war, 1989-97



List of principal characters


Bibliography


Index