Liberia
By: Noah Berlatsky, book editor
Series: Genocide and persecution; Genocide and persecution
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Farmington Hills, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9780737768992
Subjects: History; Politics and government; Political violence; Crimes against humanity; Child soldiers; Human rights
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Historical background on Liberia --; title: Overview of the Liberian civil wars  -- Daniel Elwood Dunn; title: Samuel K. Doe's regime struggles to rule Liberia after the assassination of Tolbert  -- Gregory Jaynes; title: Child soldiers are used routinely in the Liberian conflict  -- Human Rights Watch; title: Diamonds fuel violence in Liberia and surrounding countries  -- Lansana Gberie; title: A peace agreement ends the conflict in Liberia --; title: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission states its findings --; title: Charles Taylor is convicted of war crimes  -- Associated Press; title: Liberian refugees must decide whether to return to Liberia  -- Chris Stein; title: Controversies surrounding Liberia --; title: The Liberian war was fueled by ethnic tensions  -- Veronica Nmoma-Hilliard; title: The Liberian war was motivated by political factors, not ethnicity  -- Isabelle Duyvesteyn; title: The Sierra Leone/Liberian conflict was fueled by the diamond trade  -- James Rupert; title: Diamonds did not directly cause the Sierra Leone/Liberian conflict  -- Se Young Jang; title: Child soldiers should not be prosecuted for war crimes  -- David M. Crane; title: There are legal and moral difficulties with refusing to prosecute child soldiers  -- IRIN; title: ECOWAS peacekeeping efforts in Liberia were beneficial  -- Natalie E. Brown; title: ECOWAS peacekeeping efforts prolonged the Liberian conflict  -- Luca Renda; title: Refugees, like those from Liberia, tend to spread conflict and violence  -- Sarah Kenyon Lischer; title: Refugees, like those from Liberia, have benefited the countries they entered  -- Karen Jacobson; title: The Truth and Reconciliation report has helped Liberians heal  -- Glenna Gordon; title: The Truth and Reconciliation report has caused dangerous divisions in Liberia  -- Semantics King, Jr; title: Personal narratives --; title: A Liberian woman remembers her chilhood and the 1980 coup in Liberia  -- Helene Cooper; title: A Liberian woman remembers fleeing Liberia as a refugee  -- Louise G'esedeh Barton; title: A Sierra Leone man remembers being a child soldier  -- Ishmael Beah; title: A Liberian woman remembers being a rebel soldier  -- Diane Taylor; title: Liberians in Minnesota tell stories of abuse and torture -- Toni Randolph.