From 'warlord' to 'democratic' president: How Charles Taylor won the 1997 Liberian elections

Journal of Modern African Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 431-455

  Harris, David ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; ELECTION; POLITICAL CHANGE;

LIBERIA;

EID: 0032726397     PISSN: 0022278X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022278X99003109     Document Type: Article

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