Fighting for the rain forest
Subtitle: war, youth & resources in Sierra Leone
By: Paul Richards.
Contributors: International African Institute.
Series: African issues
Publisher: The International African Institute in association with James Currey; Heinemann
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Oxford; Portsmouth, N.H
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
Subjects: Insurgency -- Sierra Leone; War and society -- Sierra Leone; War -- Economic aspects -- Sierra Leone; Sierra Leone -- Politics and government -- 1961-; Sierra Leone -- Economic conditions -- 1961-
Notes: "First published 1996. Reprinted with new postscript"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-194) and index.
Table of contents: title: War in Sierra Leone: new barbarism in Africa?; title: Insurgency in Sierra Leone: context, events & interpretations; title: State recession & youth: the political culture of patrimonial decline; title: Forest conversion: the making & re-making of forest society; title: Bush war & primitive accumulation: the voices of young people; title: Videos & violence: youth exposure to modern media; title: Environment & violence: Is population pressure a likely cause of war?; title: On the edge: state recession & social exclusion; title: War, resources & the future: youth attitudes to forest insurgency; title: War-peace transition: scope for citizen action; title: Afterword: recent events; title: Postscript: on hunters & martyrs: events, July 1996-December 1997.