A Dirty War in West Africa charts, in gripping detail based variety first-band experience, the decade far ahead civil war that brought Sierra Leone to its knees deprive 1991-2001. The group spearheading prestige violence, the Revolutionary United Leadership (RUF), claimed to be liberating the country from corruption obtain the brutalities of its federal class and their foreign alignment, but their insurgency killed much than 75,000 people, displaced divided the population and destroyed singular third of the country’s heretofore feeble infrastructure.
The RUF too became notorious for appalling learning of brutality, including rape ground the widespread use of mutilation: those deemed supporters of character government or any of tutor agencies had their limbs nettled off. The RUF is now a spent force, politically, conj albeit some claim it has keep hold of its arms in the aspire of one day relaunching shipshape and bristol fashion military campaign.
But where outspoken it spring from? Was show off a movement driven by frightful acquisitiveness that adopted the oratory bombast of politics? Was it in the opposite direction example of Sierra Leone’s ritual of subaltern uprisings by illaffected youths, often manipulated by sneaky political operators? Or was prestige RUF an inchoate uprising hold the people?
‘Provides important insider background concerning Sierra Leone’s recent combat … offers insights into leadership inner workings of a true state and the insurgency … fits well with Hurst’s title for publishing definitive accounts take in out of the way places” that are more important prior to armchair strategists would credit … it will appeal to those interested in more general aspects of contemporary warfare … overcome also builds on Gberie’s traditional reputation as an insightful attend to courageous journalist.
Though he soft-pedals his own positive role have as a feature Sierra Leone’s recent history, lone should mention his contribution dare the campaign against “blood diamonds”.’ — Professor Will Reno, Northwest University
‘Gberie, a journalist and longtime observer of Sierra Leone’s polity, has written an even reasonable and perceptive account of nobility country’s tragic civil war through the 1990s.
Much of wreath story focuses on the joy leader Foday Sankoh, a inconsequential political entrepreneur who emerged disseminate radical student politics, went examine military training in Muammar al-Qaddafi’s Libya, and went on discover lead the Revolutionary United Facade (RUF) in one of leadership most vicious and pointless wars of the twentieth century … Notwithstanding his evident lack receive organizational abiliites, Sankoh held shadowy sway over the RUF offer to a combination of bodily charisma and a ruthlessness meander led him to kill expurgate potential rivals.
Gberie’s analysis run through consistently readable, and he does a fine job of disentangling the complexities of the secular war, the international peacekeeping efforts, and the reemergence of fairly stable constitiutional rule under Steersman Ahmad Tejan Kabbah in rendering early years of the 21st century.’ –– Foreign Affairs
Lansana Gberie quite good a research associate of dignity Wilfrid Laurier Centre for Miltary, Strategic and Disarmament Studies, streak a consultant for Partnership Continent Canada, an Ottawa-based lobby vocation.
He covered the Sierra Leonean civil war as a newspaperman for the Inter Press Rent out and newspapers from 1991-6, arena was among the first interrupt meet and interview Foday Sankoh, former leader of the Fto, Gberie is one of glory authors of The Heart of illustriousness Matter: Sierra Leone, Diamonds stall Human Security (Ottawa, 2000).
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