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- catalog abstract ""The Liberian civil war generated some of the most frightening news images of the recent past: camera crews and photographers recorded striking pictures of teenage boys, high on drugs, firing machine guns while dressed in masks or women's clothes. Men of the infamous "Butt Naked Brigade" fought street battles without the benefit of clothing. There were so many cases of gunmen eating their victims' hearts and other body parts that the Catholic Church had to issue a formal denunciation of the practice." "The Mask of Anarchy tells the story of the war, and explains why it unfolded in such dramatic fashion. The keys to understanding the fighters' behavior are to be found among the religious and cultural repertoires that once formed the core of rural Liberian life but which became deformed and abused in over a century of foreign settlement."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12920758.
- catalog coverage "Liberia History Civil War, 1989- Causes.".
- catalog coverage "Liberia History Civil War, 1989- Religious aspects.".
- catalog coverage "Liberia History Civil War, 1989-1996 Causes.".
- catalog coverage "Liberia History Civil War, 1989-1996 Religious aspects.".
- catalog coverage "Liberia Religion.".
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""The Liberian civil war generated some of the most frightening news images of the recent past: camera crews and photographers recorded striking pictures of teenage boys, high on drugs, firing machine guns while dressed in masks or women's clothes. Men of the infamous "Butt Naked Brigade" fought street battles without the benefit of clothing. There were so many cases of gunmen eating their victims' hearts and other body parts that the Catholic Church had to issue a formal denunciation of the practice." "The Mask of Anarchy tells the story of the war, and explains why it unfolded in such dramatic fashion. The keys to understanding the fighters' behavior are to be found among the religious and cultural repertoires that once formed the core of rural Liberian life but which became deformed and abused in over a century of foreign settlement."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-338) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: African wars -- pt. I.A Chronicle. 1. The First of the Warlords. 2. Lean and Hungry Years. 3. The Mechanics of War. 4. Business and Diplomacy -- pt. II. An Inquiry. 5. A Nation Long Forlorn. 6. Men and Devils. 7. False Prophets -- Annex A. Casualties of the Liberian war, 1989-97 -- Annex B. List of principal characters.".
- catalog extent "xix, 350 p., [6] p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "0814722113 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : New York University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Liberia History Civil War, 1989- Causes.".
- catalog spatial "Liberia History Civil War, 1989- Religious aspects.".
- catalog spatial "Liberia History Civil War, 1989-1996 Causes.".
- catalog spatial "Liberia History Civil War, 1989-1996 Religious aspects.".
- catalog spatial "Liberia Religion.".
- catalog subject "966.6203 21".
- catalog subject "DT636.5 .E45 1999".
- catalog subject "Poro (Society)".
- catalog subject "Sande Society.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: African wars -- pt. I.A Chronicle. 1. The First of the Warlords. 2. Lean and Hungry Years. 3. The Mechanics of War. 4. Business and Diplomacy -- pt. II. An Inquiry. 5. A Nation Long Forlorn. 6. Men and Devils. 7. False Prophets -- Annex A. Casualties of the Liberian war, 1989-97 -- Annex B. List of principal characters.".
- catalog title "The mask of anarchy : the destruction of Liberia and the religious dimension of an African civil war / Stephen Ellis.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".