Danny Hoffman

The War Machines

Young Men and Violence in Sierra Leone and Liberia

• Broschiertes 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. August 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 151mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 581g
• ISBN-13: 9780822350774
• ISBN-10: 0822350777
• Artikelnr.: 33628613

Autorenporträt

Danny Hoffman is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Washington, Seattle. As a photojournalist, he documented conflicts in southern Africa and the Balkans from 1994 to 1998.

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