TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ellis,Stephen
TI  - Mask of anarchy : : the destruction of Liberia and the religious dimension of an African civil war
SN  - 0814722385
AV  - DT636 .E45 
U1  - 966.62 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - New York
PB  - New York University Press
KW  - Liberia
KW  - History
KW  - Civil War, 1989-1996
KW  - Religious aspects
N1  - Introduction: African wars --; death in the night --; War and barbarism --; Part I; Chronicle --; Chapter 1; First of the Warlords --; frontier society --; Government, trade and politics --; Chairman Doe --; Quiwonkpa's legacy: the NPFL --; Chapter 2; Lean and Hungry Years --; Nimba County campaign --; Splits in the NPFL --; Greater and Lesser Liberia --; New factions --; Monrovia, 1996: the final battle --; Chapter 3; Mechanics of War --; Punishing Monrovia --; profit motive --; Factions as political organisations --; Military organisations and civilian life --; Chapter 4; Business and Diplomacy --; West African balance of power --; game of nations --; Markets and rackets --; Colonies and non-colonies --; Part II; Inquiry --; Chapter 5; Nation Long Forlorn --; Settlers and others --; politics of stateless societies --; Liberian administration --; Liberian state --; Chapter 6; Men and Devils --; Poro business is eating business --; Secret societies under Liberian administration --; political assimilation of religious ritual --; Ritual killing and modern politics --; War, power and the spiritual order --; psychology of transformation --; Chapter 7; False Prophets --; Politicians --; conflict of generations --; Culture and imagination --; Some implications for the wider world --; family tree --; A; Casualties of the Liberian war, 1989-97 --; B; List of principal characters
ER  -