Danny Hoffman

The War Machines

Young Men and Violence in Sierra Leone and Liberia

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Based on ethnographic research among militias in Sierra Leone and Liberia, Danny Hoffman considers how young men are made available for violent labor on battlefields and in dangerous unregulated industries.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. August 2011
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 739g
• ISBN-13: 9780822350590
• ISBN-10: 0822350599
• Artikelnr.: 33626454

Autorenporträt

Danny Hoffman

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xxiii
Introduction: War Machines 1
I. Histories
1. The Mano River War: A Chronology 27
2. Hunters, Lumpens, and War Boys: A Social History of the Kamajors 55
3. States of Conflict: A Social History of the Kamajors Continued 88
II. Building The Barracks
4. Big Men, Small Boys 127
5. The Barracks 162
6. The Hotel Kamajor 194
7. The Magic of War 224
Conclusion: A Laboratory of the Future 252
Notes 261
Bibliography 273
Index 289