The kamajor militia in sierra leone: Liberators or nihilists?

Civil Militia: Africa's Intractable Security Menace?

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 51-70

  Alie, Joe A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIERRA LEONE   (Sierra Leone)

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EID: 70849112733     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315260167-3     Document Type: Chapter

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