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1. Public authority and its demons: the Sherbro leopard murders in Sierra Leone

Author

Richards, Paul

Subjects
Sierra Leone -- History -- Political aspects, Public administration -- History -- 19th century AD, Authority -- History -- Political aspects -- 19th century AD, History
Abstract

Demonization is a widespread aspect of political discourse. We are familiar with the demonization of Brussels bureaucrats as a tool for pursuing the British exit from the European Union, and [...]

Published
2021
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2. Alex de Waal, New Pandemics, Old Politics: two hundred years of war on disease and its alternatives

Author

Richards, Paul

Subjects
New Pandemics, Old Politics: Two Hundred Years of War on Disease and Its Alternatives (Nonfiction work) -- de Waal, Alex, Books -- Book reviews, History
Abstract

Alex de Waal, New Pandemics, Old Politics: two hundred years of war on disease and its alternatives. Cambridge: Polity (hb 50 [pounds sterling]--978 1 5095 4779 1; pb 15.99 [pounds [...]

Published
2022
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3. Understanding recent African wars

Author

Peters, Krijn and Richards, Paul

Subjects
Violence and Belonging: The Quest for Identity in Post-Colonial Africa (Book) -- Broch-Due, Vigdis, An African Peace Process: Mandela, South Africa and Burundi (Book) -- Bentley, Kristina A. -- Southall, Roger, Rethinking the Economics of War: the Intersection of Need, Creed, and Greed (Book) -- Arnson, Cynthia J. -- Zartman, William, Conflict and Collusion in Sierra Leone (Book) -- Keen, David, Oil: Politics, Poverty and the Planet (Book) -- Shelley, Toby, Civil War, Civil Peace (Book) -- Yanacopulos, Helen -- Hanlon, Joseph, Books -- Book reviews, History
Abstract

CYNTHIA J. ARNSON AND WILLIAM ZARTMAN (eds), Rethinking the Economics of War: the intersection of need, creed, and greed. Washington DC and Baltimore: Woodrow Wilson Center Press and Johns Hopkins [...]

Published
2007

4. Converts to human rights? Popular debate about war and justice in rural central Sierra Leone

Author

Archibald, Steven and Richards, Paul

Subjects
Sierra Leone -- Military aspects, Human rights -- Military aspects, Violence -- Military aspects, History, Military aspects
Abstract

ABSTRACT Internationally, war in Sierra Leone (1991-2002) is regarded as an instance of violent conflict driven by economic factors (attempts to control the mining of alluvial diamonds). Fieldwork (2000-01) in [...]

Published
2002

5. 'Why we fight': voices of youth combatants in Sierra Leone

Author

Peters, Krijn and Richards, Paul

Subjects
Sierra Leone -- Military aspects, Women soldiers -- Ethical aspects -- Military aspects, Child soldiers -- Ethical aspects -- Military aspects, Civil war -- Sierra Leone -- Military aspects, History, Military aspects, Ethical aspects
Abstract

Young people are the major participants in most wars. In the African civil wars of the last twenty years combatants have become increasingly youthful. Some forces are made up largely [...]

Published
1998

8. Jeremy Keenan, The Dark Sahara: America's War on Terror in Africa

Author

Richards, Paul

Subjects
The Dark Sahara: America's War on Terror and Africa (Nonfiction work) -- Keenan, Jeremy -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, History
Abstract

JEREMY KEENAN, The Dark Sahara: America's War on Terror & Africa. London and New York NY: Pluto Press (pb 16 [pounds sterling]--978 0 745 324524). 2009, 296 pp. Jeremy Keenan [...]

Published
2012
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9. Jeffrey Richards, Imperialism and Music: Britain, 1876-1953

Author

Richards, Paul

Subjects
History
Abstract

JEFFREY RICHARDS, Imperialism and Music: Britain, 1876-1953. Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 2001, 544 pp., 49.99 £, ISBN 0 7190 4506 1 hard covers, 17.99 £, ISBN 0 [...]

Published
2003

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