LEADER 03862oam 2200517 450 001 9910162721703321 005 20190911100033.0 010 $a0-7377-7014-7 035 $a(OCoLC)879867011 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL6NEO 035 $a(EXLCZ)993780000000056736 100 $a20140109d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aLiberia /$fNoah Berlatsky, book editor ; Frank Chalk, consulting editor 210 1$aFarmington Hills, Mich. :$cGreenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (207 pages) $ccolor illustrations, maps 225 1 $aGenocide and persecution 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7377-6899-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tHistorical background on Liberia --$tOverview of the Liberian civil wars /$rDaniel Elwood Dunn --$tSamuel K. Doe's regime struggles to rule Liberia after the assassination of Tolbert /$rGregory Jaynes --$tChild soldiers are used routinely in the Liberian conflict /$rHuman Rights Watch --$tDiamonds fuel violence in Liberia and surrounding countries /$rLansana Gberie --$tA peace agreement ends the conflict in Liberia --$tThe Truth and Reconciliation Commission states its findings --$tCharles Taylor is convicted of war crimes /$rAssociated Press --$tLiberian refugees must decide whether to return to Liberia /$rChris Stein --$tControversies surrounding Liberia --$tThe Liberian war was fueled by ethnic tensions /$rVeronica Nmoma-Hilliard --$tThe Liberian war was motivated by political factors, not ethnicity /$rIsabelle Duyvesteyn --$tThe Sierra Leone/Liberian conflict was fueled by the diamond trade /$rJames Rupert --$tDiamonds did not directly cause the Sierra Leone/Liberian conflict /$rSe Young Jang --$tChild soldiers should not be prosecuted for war crimes /$rDavid M. Crane --$tThere are legal and moral difficulties with refusing to prosecute child soldiers /$rIRIN --$tECOWAS peacekeeping efforts in Liberia were beneficial /$rNatalie E. Brown --$tECOWAS peacekeeping efforts prolonged the Liberian conflict /$rLuca Renda --$tRefugees, like those from Liberia, tend to spread conflict and violence /$rSarah Kenyon Lischer --$tRefugees, like those from Liberia, have benefited the countries they entered /$rKaren Jacobson --$tThe Truth and Reconciliation report has helped Liberians heal /$rGlenna Gordon --$tThe Truth and Reconciliation report has caused dangerous divisions in Liberia /$rSemantics King, Jr --$tPersonal narratives --$tA Liberian woman remembers her chilhood and the 1980 coup in Liberia /$rHelene Cooper --$tA Liberian woman remembers fleeing Liberia as a refugee /$rLouise G'esedeh Barton --$tA Sierra Leone man remembers being a child soldier /$rIshmael Beah --$tA Liberian woman remembers being a rebel soldier /$rDiane Taylor --$tLiberians in Minnesota tell stories of abuse and torture /$rToni Randolph. 330 $aExamines the genocide and persecution of the Liberian people, focusing on the Liberian Civil Wars and violence in the country from the 1970s to the 2000s. 410 0$aGenocide and persecution. 606 $aPolitical violence$zLiberia 606 $aCrimes against humanity$zLiberia 606 $aChild soldiers$zLiberia 606 $aHuman rights$zLiberia 607 $aLiberia$xHistory$y1980- 607 $aLiberia$xPolitics and government$y1980- 615 0$aPolitical violence 615 0$aCrimes against humanity 615 0$aChild soldiers 615 0$aHuman rights 676 $a966.6203 702 $aBerlatsky$b Noah 702 $aChalk$b Frank 801 0$bMiFhGG 801 1$bMiFhGG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910162721703321 996 $aLiberia$92654317 997 $aUNINA