The Mask of Anarchy Updated Edition: The Destruction of Liberia and the Religious Dimension of an African Civil War

by Stephen Ellis

Book Overview

Liberia has been one of Africa's most violent trouble spots. In 1990, when thousands of teenage fighters, including young men wearing women's clothing and bizarre objects of decoration, laid siege to the capital, the world took notice. Since then Liberia has been through devastating civil upheaval. What began as a civil conflict, has spread to other West African nations.
Eschewing popular stereotypes and simple explanations, Stephen Ellis traces...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814722385
• ISBN13: 9780814722381
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"