The West Side Boys: Military navigation in the Sierra Leone civil war

Journal of Modern African Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 487-511

  Utas, Mats ^a   Jörgel, Magnus ^b  

^a NORDIC AFRICA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH NATIONAL DEFENCE COLLEGE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL WAR; MILITARY GOVERNMENT; MILITARY INTERVENTION; NAVIGATION AID; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

AFRICA; SIERRA LEONE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 50249175075     PISSN: 0022278X     EISSN: 14697777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022278X08003388     Document Type: Article

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