000 02299cam a2200277M 4500
001 ocm83259970
003 TZ-ArACH
005 20210126102555.0
008 070129s2007 nyu 000 0 eng d
020 _a0814722385
020 _a9780814722381
035 _a(OCoLC)83259970
_z(OCoLC)150361382
040 _aMNU
_cTZ-ArACH
_dBAKER
_dUUS
_dYDXCP
_dBTCTA
_dOCLCA
_dDEBSZ
_dMNE
_dBDX
041 _aEng
049 _aTZAA
050 4 _aDT636
_b.E45
082 0 4 _a966.62
100 1 _aEllis, Stephen,
_d1953-
_910171
245 0 4 _aMask of anarchy :
_bthe destruction of Liberia and the religious dimension of an African civil war.
250 _aRevised & updated 2nd ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bNew York University Press,
_c2007.
300 _axxxiii, 350 p. ;
_c22 cm.
505 0 0 _tIntroduction: African wars --
_tdeath in the night --
_tWar and barbarism --
_gPart I.
_tChronicle --
_gChapter 1.
_tFirst of the Warlords --
_tfrontier society --
_tGovernment, trade and politics --
_tChairman Doe --
_tQuiwonkpa's legacy: the NPFL --
_gChapter 2.
_tLean and Hungry Years --
_tNimba County campaign --
_tSplits in the NPFL --
_tGreater and Lesser Liberia --
_tNew factions --
_tMonrovia, 1996: the final battle --
_gChapter 3.
_tMechanics of War --
_tPunishing Monrovia --
_tprofit motive --
_tFactions as political organisations --
_tMilitary organisations and civilian life --
_gChapter 4.
_tBusiness and Diplomacy --
_tWest African balance of power --
_tgame of nations --
_tMarkets and rackets --
_tColonies and non-colonies --
_gPart II.
_tInquiry --
_gChapter 5.
_tNation Long Forlorn --
_tSettlers and others --
_tpolitics of stateless societies --
_tLiberian administration --
_tLiberian state --
_gChapter 6.
_tMen and Devils --
_tPoro business is eating business --
_tSecret societies under Liberian administration --
_tpolitical assimilation of religious ritual --
_tRitual killing and modern politics --
_tWar, power and the spiritual order --
_tpsychology of transformation --
_gChapter 7.
_tFalse Prophets --
_tPoliticians --
_tconflict of generations --
_tCulture and imagination --
_tSome implications for the wider world --
_tfamily tree --
_gA.
_tCasualties of the Liberian war, 1989-97 --
_gB.
_tList of principal characters.
651 0 _aLiberia
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1989-1996
_xReligious aspects.
_910172
942 _2lcc
_cBOOK
999 _c2214
_d2214