MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2014000754
003 DLC
005 20150116092201.0
008 140109s2014 iluab b 001 0 eng c
010 $a 2014000754
020 $a9780737768992 (hardcover)
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050 00 $aDT636.5$b.L498 2014
082 04 $a966.6203$223
245 00 $aLiberia /$cNoah Berlatsky, book editor.
264 1 $aFarmington Hills, Mich. :$bGreenhaven Press,$c2014.
300 $a207 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aGenocide and persecution
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $tHistorical background on Liberia --$tOverview of the Liberian civil wars /$rDaniel Elwood Dunn --$tSamuel K. Doe's regime struggles to rule Liberia after the assassination of Tolbert /$rGregory Jaynes --$tChild soldiers are used routinely in the Liberian conflict /$rHuman Rights Watch --$tDiamonds fuel violence in Liberia and surrounding countries /$rLansana Gberie --$tA peace agreement ends the conflict in Liberia --$tThe Truth and Reconciliation Commission states its findings --$tCharles Taylor is convicted of war crimes /$rAssociated Press --$tLiberian refugees must decide whether to return to Liberia /$rChris Stein --$tControversies surrounding Liberia --$tThe Liberian war was fueled by ethnic tensions /$rVeronica Nmoma-Hilliard --$tThe Liberian war was motivated by political factors, not ethnicity /$rIsabelle Duyvesteyn --$tThe Sierra Leone/Liberian conflict was fueled by the diamond trade /$rJames Rupert --$tDiamonds did not directly cause the Sierra Leone/Liberian conflict /$rSe Young Jang --$tChild soldiers should not be prosecuted for war crimes /$rDavid M. Crane --$tThere are legal and moral difficulties with refusing to prosecute child soldiers /$rIRIN --$tECOWAS peacekeeping efforts in Liberia were beneficial /$rNatalie E. Brown --$tECOWAS peacekeeping efforts prolonged the Liberian conflict /$rLuca Renda --$tRefugees, like those from Liberia, tend to spread conflict and violence /$rSarah Kenyon Lischer --$tRefugees, like those from Liberia, have benefited the countries they entered /$rKaren Jacobson --$tThe Truth and Reconciliation report has helped Liberians heal /$rGlenna Gordon --$tThe Truth and Reconciliation report has caused dangerous divisions in Liberia /$rSemantics King, Jr --$tPersonal narratives --$tA Liberian woman remembers her chilhood and the 1980 coup in Liberia /$rHelene Cooper --$tA Liberian woman remembers fleeing Liberia as a refugee /$rLouise G'esedeh Barton --$tA Sierra Leone man remembers being a child soldier /$rIshmael Beah --$tA Liberian woman remembers being a rebel soldier /$rDiane Taylor --$tLiberians in Minnesota tell stories of abuse and torture /$rToni Randolph.
651 0 $aLiberia$xHistory$y1980-
651 0 $aLiberia$xPolitics and government$y1980-
650 0 $aPolitical violence$zLiberia.
650 0 $aCrimes against humanity$zLiberia.
650 0 $aChild soldiers$zLiberia.
650 0 $aHuman rights$zLiberia.
700 1 $aBerlatsky, Noah,$eeditor of compilation.
830 0 $aGenocide and persecution.