The United Nations' presence in Sierra Leone has made that country a subject of international attention to an unprecedented degree. Once identified as a source of 'the New Barbarism', it has also become a proving ground for Western interventions in the war against terrorism. The conventional diplomatic approach to Sierra Leone's civil war is that it has been a contest between two clearly defined sides. Keen demonstrates this is not the case: the various armed groups were fractured throughout the 1990s, often colluded with one another, and had little interest in bringing the war to an end. This book is not only a comprehensive description and novel interpretation of events in SierraLeone, it represents a new and innovative approach to the study of war and Third World development and politics generally.
- ISBN10 0852558821
- ISBN13 9780852558829
- Publish Date 20 October 2005
- Publish Status Inactive
- Out of Print 23 March 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint James Currey
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 400
- Language English