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Peacekeepers, Politicians, and Warlords: The Liberian Peace Process

By Abiodun Alao , John MacKinlay , Funmi Olonisakin

Book information

Publisher
United Nations University Press
Year
2000
ISBN
9280810316, 9789280810318, 9781435631861
LCC
DT636.5 .A426 1999
Open Library ID
OL30430M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1204465 bytes)
Series
Foundations of Peace
Pages
211\211
Library
avaxhome.ws
Time added
2010-05-31 15:29:46

Description

When the international community responds to a massive humanitarian emergency, such as the one in Liberia, the operation that results is both complicated and ephemeral. The multifaceted nature of the problems in the crisis area attracts many different responses ranging from the deployment of thousands of international troops and observers to groups of civilians who act locally. Acting simultaneously but not always in concert with the response operations are the regional and international political leaders. In the context of Liberia, the crisis and the international response to it developed in stages, each with its own idiosyncratic nature, characteristic form of violence, cast of dominant personalities, and fresh bouts of extreme violence. Peacekeepers, Politicians, and Warlords is an original account of the entire peace process in Liberia that penetrates the roles of the peacekeepers, the warlords and the politicians who were the key actors in this narrative. UNU Series on Foundations of Peace

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