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A dirty war in West Africa : the RUF and the destruction of Sierra Leone /

Gberie, Lansana.

A dirty war in West Africa : the RUF and the destruction of Sierra Leone / Lansana Gberie. - London : Hurst & Co., �2005. - xv, 224 pp : illu., maps ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-217) and index.

Introduction : the RUF phenomenon -- Sierra Leone : from independence to state recession -- making of the revolutionary united front -- War and state collapse -- Not just a coup : the AFRC takeover of 1997 -- 'Operation No Living Thing' and terror as warfare -- From 'U-nasty' to 'model peacekeeping' -- Diamonds and the RUF's war -- Epilogue : the reckoning. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

ISBN: 9781850657477 1850657475 9781850657422 1850657424

LCCN: 2006361212

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA4X2705 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013352271 Uk

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Revolutionary United Front.
Revolutionary United Front.

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1991-2002

Subjects--Topical Terms:
B�urgerkrieg
Sierra Leone.
Civil wars.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Sierra Leone--History--Civil War, 1991-2002.
Sierra Leone--Histoire--1991-2002 (Guerre civile)
Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.

LC Class. No.: DT516.826 / .G26

Dewey Class. No.: 966.4/03