Image from Google Jackets

Charles Taylor and Liberia ambition and atrocity in Africa?s Lone Star State

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London Zed Books c2011Description: x, 374 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781848138476
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 966.620WAU
Summary: Campaigner, insurgent, arms dealer, warlord, commodity trafficker, elected president, international fugitive, and finally prisoner, Charles Taylor sought to lead his native Liberia to change but instead destroyed it in a frenzy of violence, greed, and uncontrolled personal ambition. In the process, he threw much of Liberia's neighboring region into turmoil for over a decade, finally facing judgment in The Hague for his role in the Sierra Leone conflict.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Barcode
Book Book UONGOZI Institute Resources Centre - Dodoma Africa 966.620WAU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available UR006106

Includes bibliographical references (p. [360]-363)

Campaigner, insurgent, arms dealer, warlord, commodity trafficker, elected president, international fugitive, and finally prisoner, Charles Taylor sought to lead his native Liberia to change but instead destroyed it in a frenzy of violence, greed, and uncontrolled personal ambition. In the process, he threw much of Liberia's neighboring region into turmoil for over a decade, finally facing judgment in The Hague for his role in the Sierra Leone conflict.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.
Share