The First Liberian Civil War: The Crises of Underdevelopment
- ISBN-10
- 0820488399
- ISBN-13
- 9780820488394
- Category
- Liberia
- Pages
- 228
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Peter Lang
- Author
- George Klay Kieh
Description
This book challenges the dominant view that the first Liberian civil war was caused by ethno-cultural antagonisms between and among the country's various ethnic groups. Alternatively, the book argues that the war was the consequence of the multifaceted crises of underdevelopment - cultural, economic, political, and social - generated by the neo-colonial Liberian State.
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