Military interventions in Sierra Leone : lessons from a failed state / Larry J. Woods and Timothy R. Reese.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Woods, Larry J., 1949-

Contributor:

Reese, Timothy R., 1959-

Combat Studies Institute (U.S.)

Series:

Long war series occasional paper ; 28.

Long war series occasional paper ; 28

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sierra Leone--History--Civil War, 1991-2002.

Sierra Leone.

Sierra Leone--History, Military.

Intervention (International law).

Failed states--Sierra Leone.

Failed states.

Genre:

History

Military history

Physical Description:

ix, 115 pages : digital, PDF file.

Place of Publication:

Fort Leavenworth, Kan. : Combat Studies Institute Press, US Army Combined Arms Center, [2008]

Summary:

This Occasional Paper is a survey and analysis of the series of external military interventions in Sierra Leone between 1993 and 2002. Though each of these interventions achieved some local or temporary success, until late 2000 none of them succeeded in creating a security situation that could foster a political solution to Sierra Leone's woes. Each intervention ran afoul of Sierra Leone's ethnic divisions, ineffective and corrupt governments and meddling neighbor states. Equally important to the purposes of this study, each of these military interventions was hampered by internal problems and ineffectiveness. Since 2002 a fragile veneer of democratic normalcy has been in place, UN programs have disarmed more than 70,000 fighters, and the economy of Sierra Leone is recovering. Sierra Leone remains, however, one of the very poorest countries in the world by nearly every measure.

Contents:

The road to external interventions : post-colonial Sierra Leone to 1992

The first intervention : civil war and mercenaries, 1995-1996

The second intervention : the economic community of West African states, 1995-2000

The third and fourth interventions : United Nations and British forces, 1999-2002

Conclusion.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed on Oct. 23, 2008).

"May 2008."

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Woods, Larry J., 1949- Military interventions in Sierra Leone

ISBN:

9780980123647

098012364X

OCLC:

263173159