Waugh Colin M.
Waugh Colin M. - Charles Taylor And Liberia Ambition And Atrocity In Africa's Lone Star State - Paperback
Waugh Colin M. - Charles Taylor And Liberia Ambition And Atrocity In Africa's Lone Star State - Paperback
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Description: 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. Taylor's takeover threw much of the neigbouring region into turmoil until he was finally brought to face justice in The Hague for his role in Sierra Leone's civil war. In this remarkable and 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 these turbulent years. In doing so he examines both the life of Charles Taylor as well as the often self - interested efforts of the international community to first save Liberia from disaster then having failed to do so to bring to justice the man it deems most to blame for its disintegration.
Title: Charles Taylor And Liberia Ambition And Atrocity In Africa's Lone Star State
Author(s): Waugh Colin M.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781848138476
Pages: 384 Pages
Publication Date: 10/1/2011
Category: Revolutionary Groups & Movements
Description: 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. Taylor's takeover threw much of the neigbouring region into turmoil until he was finally brought to face justice in The Hague for his role in Sierra Leone's civil war. In this remarkable and 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 these turbulent years. In doing so he examines both the life of Charles Taylor as well as the often self - interested efforts of the international community to first save Liberia from disaster then having failed to do so to bring to justice the man it deems most to blame for its disintegration.
Title: Charles Taylor And Liberia Ambition And Atrocity In Africa's Lone Star State
Author(s): Waugh Colin M.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781848138476
Pages: 384 Pages
Publication Date: 10/1/2011
Category: Revolutionary Groups & Movements
