Charles Taylor and Liberia
Subtitle: ambition and atrocity in Africa's Lone Star State
By: Colin M. Waugh
Publisher: Zed Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9781848138483; 9781848138476
Subjects: Politics and government; Presidents; Biography; History
Description: Campaigner, insurgent, fugitive, rebel commander, commodity kingpin, elected president, exile and finally prisoner, Charles Taylor sought to lead his country to change but instead ignited a conflict which destroyed Liberia in over a decade of violence, greed and personal ambition. In this eye-opening book, Colin Waugh draws on a variety of sources, testimonies and original interviews - including with Taylor himself - to recount the story of what really happened during those turbulent years.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [360]-363) and index.